Chennai panchang, 25 September 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:01 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 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:30
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:01 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:11
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:17 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:11, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 00:17 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:17 – 11:59 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:01 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:28 Leo
- 05:28 – 07:29 Virgo
- 07:29 – 09:36 Libra
- 09:36 – 11:48 Scorpio
- 11:48 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 17:30 Aquarius
- 17:30 – 19:10 Pisces
- 19:10 – 20:58 Aries
- 20:58 – 23:00 Taurus
- 23:00 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 03:21 next day Cancer
- 03:21 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 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