Chennai panchang, 12 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 13:25 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:33
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:40
- Karana Balava until 11:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
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) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:58 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 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
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:59 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)
- 04:24 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:20 Virgo
- 08:20 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:39 Scorpio
- 12:39 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:39 Capricorn
- 16:39 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:49 Aries
- 21:49 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 02:03 next day Gemini
- 02:03 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 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