Chennai panchang, 28 September 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 02:21 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:59
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:59 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:50
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 23:50
- Karana Balava until 14:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:29 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:16 Leo
- 05:16 – 07:17 Virgo
- 07:17 – 09:24 Libra
- 09:24 – 11:36 Scorpio
- 11:36 – 13:43 Sagittarius
- 13:43 – 15:36 Capricorn
- 15:36 – 17:18 Aquarius
- 17:18 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:46 Aries
- 20:46 – 22:48 Taurus
- 22:48 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 03:09 next day Cancer
- 03:09 – 05:12 next day Leo
- 05:12 – 05:59 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