Chennai panchang, 18 October 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 18:32 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 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:18
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:34
- Karana Kaulava until 13:15, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:18
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) 11:30 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 13:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 13:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:59 Virgo
- 05:59 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:17 Scorpio
- 10:17 – 12:25 Sagittarius
- 12:25 – 14:18 Capricorn
- 14:18 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:27 Aries
- 19:27 – 21:30 Taurus
- 21:30 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 05:55 next day Virgo
- 05:55 – 06:00 next day Libra
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