Chennai panchang, 30 August 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 02:36 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:46
- Karana Kaulava until 13:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:55 – 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 – 05:12
- 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 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 17:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 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
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:05 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 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 07:10 Leo
- 07:10 – 09:12 Virgo
- 09:12 – 11:18 Libra
- 11:18 – 13:30 Scorpio
- 13:30 – 15:37 Sagittarius
- 15:37 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:40 Aries
- 22:40 – 00:42 next day Taurus
- 00:42 – 02:54 next day Gemini
- 02:54 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 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