Chennai panchang, 7 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 09:00 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 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:10
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:14 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 23:16
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 12:34
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 18:14 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 12:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 17:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:34 – 05:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:34 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:36 Cancer
- 04:36 – 06:39 Leo
- 06:39 – 08:40 Virgo
- 08:40 – 10:47 Libra
- 10:47 – 12:59 Scorpio
- 12:59 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 16:59 Capricorn
- 16:59 – 18:41 Aquarius
- 18:41 – 20:21 Pisces
- 20:21 – 22:09 Aries
- 22:09 – 00:11 next day Taurus
- 00:11 – 02:22 next day Gemini
- 02:22 – 04:32 next day Cancer
- 04:32 – 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