Chennai panchang, 12 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 13:57 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 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:52
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:50 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:27 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:21 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:59, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:52
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:21 – 02:21 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) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 04:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 05:59 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 10:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 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)
- 04:22 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:29 Libra
- 08:29 – 10:41 Scorpio
- 10:41 – 12:48 Sagittarius
- 12:48 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:51 Aries
- 19:51 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 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