Chennai panchang, 5 August 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 06:29 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:02
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:21 Moon enters Leo
- 18:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:37
- Karana Bava until 18:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:21 Moon enters Leo
- 18:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:02
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:58 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:36 Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:45 Cancer
- 06:45 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 10:50 Virgo
- 10:50 – 12:57 Libra
- 12:57 – 15:08 Scorpio
- 15:08 – 17:15 Sagittarius
- 17:15 – 19:09 Capricorn
- 19:09 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:30 Pisces
- 22:30 – 00:18 next day Aries
- 00:18 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 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