Chennai panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 16:57 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 18:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:42
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 15:10, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:42
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) 11:39 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Char | 18:08 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 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
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:06 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:06 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:59 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 – 06:03 Leo
- 06:03 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:11 Libra
- 10:11 – 12:23 Scorpio
- 12:23 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:24 Capricorn
- 16:24 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:45 Pisces
- 19:45 – 21:33 Aries
- 21:33 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:47 next day Gemini
- 01:47 – 03:56 next day Cancer
- 03:56 – 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