Chennai panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 16:37 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 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:20
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 10:47
- Karana Balava until 08:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:51 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:20
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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:20 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:20 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:09 Libra
- 12:09 – 14:21 Scorpio
- 14:21 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:22 Capricorn
- 18:22 – 20:03 Aquarius
- 20:03 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:33 next day Taurus
- 01:33 – 03:45 next day Gemini
- 03:45 – 05:54 next day Cancer
- 05:54 – 05:57 next day Leo
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