Chennai panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 19:57 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 18:05- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:34
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:05 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:18
- Karana Vanija until 10:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:18 – 18:54
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. 04:23 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 02:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Char | 16:34 – 18:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:05 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:34 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 07:49 Virgo
- 07:49 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 16:08 Capricorn
- 16:08 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:29 Pisces
- 19:29 – 21:17 Aries
- 21:17 – 23:20 Taurus
- 23:20 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:41 next day Cancer
- 03:41 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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