Chennai panchang, 9 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 10:38 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 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:46
- 09:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:13 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:53
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 18:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:32 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 09:00, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:04 – 00:32 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:32 – 01:44 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 18:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:04 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 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
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:02 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)
- 04:24 – 04:28 Cancer
- 04:28 – 06:31 Leo
- 06:31 – 08:32 Virgo
- 08:32 – 10:39 Libra
- 10:39 – 12:51 Scorpio
- 12:51 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:51 Capricorn
- 16:51 – 18:33 Aquarius
- 18:33 – 20:13 Pisces
- 20:13 – 22:01 Aries
- 22:01 – 00:03 next day Taurus
- 00:03 – 02:14 next day Gemini
- 02:14 – 04:24 next day Cancer
- 04:24 – 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