Chennai panchang, 4 August 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 05:37 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 18:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:33
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:38
- Karana Naga until 16:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:38 – 10:37 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:33
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. 04:25 – 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 18:33 – 20:50
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 13:26
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:33 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:56 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:40 Gemini
- 04:40 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 10:54 Virgo
- 10:54 – 13:00 Libra
- 13:00 – 15:12 Scorpio
- 15:12 – 17:19 Sagittarius
- 17:19 – 19:13 Capricorn
- 19:13 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:34 Pisces
- 22:34 – 00:22 next day Aries
- 00:22 – 02:24 next day Taurus
- 02:24 – 04:36 next day Gemini
- 04:36 – 05:56 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