Chennai panchang, 8 August 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 08:49 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:56 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:01
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:34 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 12:38
- Karana Vanija until 11:20, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 23:34
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 05:56 – 23:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:37 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:56 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 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
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:36 Leo
- 08:36 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 12:45 Libra
- 12:45 – 14:57 Scorpio
- 14:57 – 17:04 Sagittarius
- 17:04 – 18:57 Capricorn
- 18:57 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 00:06 next day Aries
- 00:06 – 02:09 next day Taurus
- 02:09 – 04:20 next day Gemini
- 04:20 – 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