Chennai panchang, 16 August 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 15:39 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 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:54
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:40
- Nakshatra Mula until 12:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:11
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 20:58 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:54
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 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 09:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:25 Scorpio
- 14:25 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 20:07 Aquarius
- 20:07 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:35 Aries
- 23:35 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:49 next day Gemini
- 03:49 – 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