Chennai panchang, 11 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 13:06 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 17:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:22
- 11:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:07
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:46 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:07, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 12:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:46 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 05:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:22
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) 11:31 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 05:59 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:25 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:51 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:25 Leo
- 04:25 – 06:26 Virgo
- 06:26 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:45 Scorpio
- 10:45 – 12:52 Sagittarius
- 12:52 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 19:55 Aries
- 19:55 – 21:57 Taurus
- 21:57 – 00:09 next day Gemini
- 00:09 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 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