Chennai panchang, 31 October 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 04:55 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:21
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:15 Moon enters Libra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:41 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:44 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:50
- Karana Shakuni until 15:53, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:15 Moon enters Libra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:21
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 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 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:53 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:46 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:46 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:19 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:08 Virgo
- 05:08 – 07:14 Libra
- 07:14 – 09:26 Scorpio
- 09:26 – 11:33 Sagittarius
- 11:33 – 13:27 Capricorn
- 13:27 – 15:09 Aquarius
- 15:09 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 18:36 Aries
- 18:36 – 20:38 Taurus
- 20:38 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 00:59 next day Cancer
- 00:59 – 03:02 next day Leo
- 03:02 – 05:04 next day Virgo
- 05:04 – 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