Chennai panchang, 20 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 19:09 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:19 – 16:52
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:26 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:33
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 03:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:55
- Karana Balava until 10:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:52
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 03:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 05:58 next day
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 18:26 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:19 – 16:52 | Good |
| Rog | 16:52 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:52 – 21:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:19 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:58 Libra
- 11:58 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:10 Capricorn
- 18:10 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:31 Pisces
- 21:31 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 05:58 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