Chennai panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 22:06 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 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:17
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:23 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:52
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 06:08
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:17
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 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:34 Leo
- 07:34 – 09:35 Virgo
- 09:35 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 13:54 Scorpio
- 13:54 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:54 Capricorn
- 17:54 – 19:36 Aquarius
- 19:36 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 23:04 Aries
- 23:04 – 01:06 next day Taurus
- 01:06 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 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