Chennai panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 23:46 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 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:53
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:22 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:16
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:53
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) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:55 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:23 Cancer
- 05:23 – 07:26 Leo
- 07:26 – 09:27 Virgo
- 09:27 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:46 Scorpio
- 13:46 – 15:53 Sagittarius
- 15:53 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:56 Aries
- 22:56 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:19 next day Cancer
- 05:19 – 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