Chennai panchang, 13 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 14:45 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 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:49
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:49 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:51 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 21:25
- Karana Gara until 09:09, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:49
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:59 – 06:41 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:25 – 23:49
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 17:49 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 02:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Char | 20:52 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 06:00 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:19 Virgo
- 06:19 – 08:25 Libra
- 08:25 – 10:37 Scorpio
- 10:37 – 12:44 Sagittarius
- 12:44 – 14:37 Capricorn
- 14:37 – 16:19 Aquarius
- 16:19 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 19:47 Aries
- 19:47 – 21:49 Taurus
- 21:49 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 06:00 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