Chennai panchang, 11 August 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 11:05 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:30
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:55 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:33 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 15:48
- Karana Gara until 18:54, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:25 – 13:39
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) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 08:25 Leo
- 08:25 – 10:26 Virgo
- 10:26 – 12:33 Libra
- 12:33 – 14:45 Scorpio
- 14:45 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:45 Capricorn
- 18:45 – 20:27 Aquarius
- 20:27 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:55 Aries
- 23:55 – 01:57 next day Taurus
- 01:57 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 05:57 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