Chennai panchang, 2 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 05:14 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 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:50
Night
18:18 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:20 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 18:19
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:21, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:50
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) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 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
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:01 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 – 04:55 Cancer
- 04:55 – 06:58 Leo
- 06:58 – 09:00 Virgo
- 09:00 – 11:06 Libra
- 11:06 – 13:18 Scorpio
- 13:18 – 15:25 Sagittarius
- 15:25 – 17:19 Capricorn
- 17:19 – 19:00 Aquarius
- 19:00 – 20:40 Pisces
- 20:40 – 22:28 Aries
- 22:28 – 00:30 next day Taurus
- 00:30 – 02:42 next day Gemini
- 02:42 – 04:51 next day Cancer
- 04:51 – 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