Chennai panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 09:26 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 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:30
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 06:39
- Karana Vishti until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:30
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) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 02:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:25 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:24 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:24 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:41 Leo
- 04:41 – 06:42 Virgo
- 06:42 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 11:01 Scorpio
- 11:01 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 15:01 Capricorn
- 15:01 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:23 Pisces
- 18:23 – 20:11 Aries
- 20:11 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:24 next day Gemini
- 00:24 – 02:34 next day Cancer
- 02:34 – 04:37 next day Leo
- 04:37 – 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