Chennai panchang, 11 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 12:28 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 18:11- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:36
- 11:35 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:47
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 23:54
- Karana Vishti until 11:35, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:21 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:21 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 23:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:21 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:11 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:23 Leo
- 06:23 – 08:24 Virgo
- 08:24 – 10:31 Libra
- 10:31 – 12:43 Scorpio
- 12:43 – 14:50 Sagittarius
- 14:50 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 20:05 Pisces
- 20:05 – 21:53 Aries
- 21:53 – 23:55 Taurus
- 23:55 – 02:07 next day Gemini
- 02:07 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 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