Chennai panchang, 29 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 01:39 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 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:38 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:17
- Karana Bava until 13:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:17 – 17:46 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 16:39
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) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 05:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:39 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:11 Cancer
- 05:11 – 07:14 Leo
- 07:14 – 09:15 Virgo
- 09:15 – 11:22 Libra
- 11:22 – 13:34 Scorpio
- 13:34 – 15:41 Sagittarius
- 15:41 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:44 Aries
- 22:44 – 00:46 next day Taurus
- 00:46 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:07 next day Cancer
- 05:07 – 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