Chennai panchang, 24 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 23:33 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 18:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:32
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:02 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:39
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:54 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:26 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:39, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:32
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 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:39 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:32 | Good |
| Rog | 16:32 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:02 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:32 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:32 Leo
- 05:32 – 07:33 Virgo
- 07:33 – 09:40 Libra
- 09:40 – 11:52 Scorpio
- 11:52 – 13:59 Sagittarius
- 13:59 – 15:52 Capricorn
- 15:52 – 17:34 Aquarius
- 17:34 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 21:02 Aries
- 21:02 – 23:04 Taurus
- 23:04 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:25 next day Cancer
- 03:25 – 05:28 next day Leo
- 05:28 – 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