Chennai panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:13 Ashwin 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 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:32
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:56 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 04:23 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 05:21 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:57 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 20:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:57 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 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 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:56 Leo
- 04:56 – 06:58 Virgo
- 06:58 – 09:05 Libra
- 09:05 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:24 Sagittarius
- 13:24 – 15:17 Capricorn
- 15:17 – 16:59 Aquarius
- 16:59 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:26 Aries
- 20:26 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:40 next day Gemini
- 00:40 – 02:49 next day Cancer
- 02:49 – 04:52 next day Leo
- 04:52 – 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