Chennai panchang, 6 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 08:15 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 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:43
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:15 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:00 Moon enters Libra
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 15:01
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 22:14
- Karana Gara until 15:01, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:25 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:00 Moon enters Libra
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:43
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 18:15 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:25 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 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
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:01 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 – 04:39 Cancer
- 04:39 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:44 Virgo
- 08:44 – 10:51 Libra
- 10:51 – 13:03 Scorpio
- 13:03 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 17:03 Capricorn
- 17:03 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 20:24 Pisces
- 20:24 – 22:12 Aries
- 22:12 – 00:15 next day Taurus
- 00:15 – 02:26 next day Gemini
- 02:26 – 04:36 next day Cancer
- 04:36 – 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