Chennai panchang, 7 August 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:05 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 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:49
- 08:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:06
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 20:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 08:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:15 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:49
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:30 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:56 next day | Bad |
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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:28 Gemini
- 04:28 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:40 Leo
- 08:40 – 10:42 Virgo
- 10:42 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:01 Scorpio
- 15:01 – 17:08 Sagittarius
- 17:08 – 19:01 Capricorn
- 19:01 – 20:43 Aquarius
- 20:43 – 22:22 Pisces
- 22:22 – 00:10 next day Aries
- 00:10 – 02:13 next day Taurus
- 02:13 – 04:24 next day Gemini
- 04:24 – 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