Chennai panchang, 5 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 07:31 Bhadrapada 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 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:39 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:48
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:16 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 21:07
- Karana Kaulava until 12:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:48
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 06:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:03 – 04:19 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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:39 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 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
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:01 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 – 04:43 Cancer
- 04:43 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 08:48 Virgo
- 08:48 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:07 Scorpio
- 13:07 – 15:14 Sagittarius
- 15:14 – 17:07 Capricorn
- 17:07 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 20:28 Pisces
- 20:28 – 22:16 Aries
- 22:16 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 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