Chennai panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 22:35 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:38
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:09 – 01:26 next day
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) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 22:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:07 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:32 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:32 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 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
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:36 Leo
- 05:36 – 07:37 Virgo
- 07:37 – 09:44 Libra
- 09:44 – 11:56 Scorpio
- 11:56 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:56 Capricorn
- 15:56 – 17:38 Aquarius
- 17:38 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 21:06 Aries
- 21:06 – 23:08 Taurus
- 23:08 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 05:32 next day Leo
- 05:32 – 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