Chennai panchang, 22 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 21:39 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 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:02 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta 16:27 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:33 – 18:03
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:44
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 08:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:17 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:27 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:33 – 18:03
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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:02 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:02 | Good |
| Rog | 15:02 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:33 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:33 – 21:02 | Good |
| Char | 21:02 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:40 Leo
- 05:40 – 07:41 Virgo
- 07:41 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:00 Scorpio
- 12:00 – 14:07 Sagittarius
- 14:07 – 16:00 Capricorn
- 16:00 – 17:42 Aquarius
- 17:42 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 21:10 Aries
- 21:10 – 23:12 Taurus
- 23:12 – 01:23 next day Gemini
- 01:23 – 03:33 next day Cancer
- 03:33 – 05:36 next day Leo
- 05:36 – 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