Chennai panchang, 3 August 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 04:41 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:24
- 11:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:34 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:59 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 11:00
- Karana Shakuni until 15:51, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:24
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 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 15:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:44 Gemini
- 04:44 – 06:53 Cancer
- 06:53 – 08:56 Leo
- 08:56 – 10:58 Virgo
- 10:58 – 13:04 Libra
- 13:04 – 15:16 Scorpio
- 15:16 – 17:23 Sagittarius
- 17:23 – 19:17 Capricorn
- 19:17 – 20:58 Aquarius
- 20:58 – 22:38 Pisces
- 22:38 – 00:26 next day Aries
- 00:26 – 02:28 next day Taurus
- 02:28 – 04:40 next day Gemini
- 04:40 – 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