Chennai panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 16:59 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:22
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:09
- Karana Gara until 10:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:09 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:17 – 06:00 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:22 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:07 Virgo
- 06:07 – 08:13 Libra
- 08:13 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:26 Capricorn
- 14:26 – 16:07 Aquarius
- 16:07 – 17:47 Pisces
- 17:47 – 19:35 Aries
- 19:35 – 21:37 Taurus
- 21:37 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 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