Chennai panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:32 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:47 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:27
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 03:05 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:50
- Karana Gara until 16:31, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:47 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:27
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:14 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 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
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:07 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 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:05 Libra
- 12:05 – 14:17 Scorpio
- 14:17 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:18 Capricorn
- 18:18 – 19:59 Aquarius
- 19:59 – 21:39 Pisces
- 21:39 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:29 next day Taurus
- 01:29 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 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