Chennai panchang, 20 October 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 20:21 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 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:46
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:46 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:31 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:11
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:41 – 14:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:46
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. 04:23 – 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 17:46 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:49 | Good |
| Rog | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:49 | Good |
| Char | 20:49 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:00 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:51 Virgo
- 05:51 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 10:10 Scorpio
- 10:10 – 12:17 Sagittarius
- 12:17 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 15:52 Aquarius
- 15:52 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:22 Taurus
- 21:22 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:43 next day Cancer
- 01:43 – 03:46 next day Leo
- 03:46 – 05:47 next day Virgo
- 05:47 – 06:01 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