Chennai panchang, 1 August 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 02:46 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:03
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:34 to 05:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 15:29
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:03
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:55 – 10:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:24 – 05:55 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:24 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 05:55 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:52 Gemini
- 04:52 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 09:04 Leo
- 09:04 – 11:06 Virgo
- 11:06 – 13:12 Libra
- 13:12 – 15:24 Scorpio
- 15:24 – 17:31 Sagittarius
- 17:31 – 19:25 Capricorn
- 19:25 – 21:06 Aquarius
- 21:06 – 22:46 Pisces
- 22:46 – 00:34 next day Aries
- 00:34 – 02:36 next day Taurus
- 02:36 – 04:48 next day Gemini
- 04:48 – 05:55 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method