Chennai panchang, 1 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 04:44 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 17:57- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:27
- 08:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:57 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:39 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:39
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:16 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 02:17 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:22, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:39 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:07 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:27
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:27 – 16:43
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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:28 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:57 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:58 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 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
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 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
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:04 Leo
- 05:04 – 07:06 Virgo
- 07:06 – 09:12 Libra
- 09:12 – 11:24 Scorpio
- 11:24 – 13:31 Sagittarius
- 13:31 – 15:25 Capricorn
- 15:25 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:46 Pisces
- 18:46 – 20:34 Aries
- 20:34 – 22:36 Taurus
- 22:36 – 00:48 next day Gemini
- 00:48 – 02:57 next day Cancer
- 02:57 – 05:00 next day Leo
- 05:00 – 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