Chennai panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 22:04 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:20
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:38 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 13:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:20
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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:56 Libra
- 05:56 – 08:08 Scorpio
- 08:08 – 10:15 Sagittarius
- 10:15 – 12:08 Capricorn
- 12:08 – 13:50 Aquarius
- 13:50 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:18 Aries
- 17:18 – 19:20 Taurus
- 19:20 – 21:31 Gemini
- 21:31 – 23:41 Cancer
- 23:41 – 01:44 next day Leo
- 01:44 – 03:45 next day Virgo
- 03:45 – 05:52 next day Libra
- 05:52 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
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