Chennai panchang, 25 October 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 00:15 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:43- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:16
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 05:26 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:35, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:16
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:01 – 07:40
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:40 – 06:02 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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:31 Virgo
- 05:31 – 07:38 Libra
- 07:38 – 09:50 Scorpio
- 09:50 – 11:57 Sagittarius
- 11:57 – 13:50 Capricorn
- 13:50 – 15:32 Aquarius
- 15:32 – 17:12 Pisces
- 17:12 – 19:00 Aries
- 19:00 – 21:02 Taurus
- 21:02 – 23:14 Gemini
- 23:14 – 01:23 next day Cancer
- 01:23 – 03:26 next day Leo
- 03:26 – 05:27 next day Virgo
- 05:27 – 06:02 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