Chennai panchang, 23 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 21:20 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 18:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:51
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:24 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 09:31
- Karana Balava until 10:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:05 – 21:59
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:54 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:37 Leo
- 07:37 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 13:58 Scorpio
- 13:58 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:58 Capricorn
- 17:58 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 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