Chennai panchang, 30 October 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 04:10 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:19
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:41 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:16
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:51
- Karana Vanija until 13:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:47 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:57
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:51 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:19
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. 04:24 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:12 Virgo
- 05:12 – 07:18 Libra
- 07:18 – 09:30 Scorpio
- 09:30 – 11:37 Sagittarius
- 11:37 – 13:31 Capricorn
- 13:31 – 15:12 Aquarius
- 15:12 – 16:52 Pisces
- 16:52 – 18:40 Aries
- 18:40 – 20:42 Taurus
- 20:42 – 22:54 Gemini
- 22:54 – 01:03 next day Cancer
- 01:03 – 03:06 next day Leo
- 03:06 – 05:08 next day Virgo
- 05:08 – 06:03 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