Panchang / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Daily panchang

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021

Bhadrapada, shukla · Tithi 8

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Ashtami · until 13:09
Nakshatra: Jyeshtha · until 07:04
Good time to start something: 11:39–12:28 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 15:07–16:39 · Rahu kaal
Festival: Radha Ashtami

All times are for Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

05:57

Sunset

18:10

Moonrise

12:50

Moonset

— The Moon does not set on this date at this place.

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Ashtami then Navami	13:09	Jaya (victorious) Associated with contest, litigation and anything to be won.
Nakshatra	Jyeshtha then Mula · until 05:55 (15 Sep 2021) then Purva Ashadha	07:04	The eldest. Read as seniority, protection of dependants, and the burden that comes with rank.
Yoga	Priti then Ayushman · until 03:23 (15 Sep 2021) then Saubhagya	06:02	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Bava then Balava · until 00:12 (15 Sep 2021) then Kaulava	13:09	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Tuesday	—	Ruled by Mars. Associated with disputes, surgery and property.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 05:57
Sunset 18:10

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	05:57	—
Sunset	18:10	—
Rahu kaal	15:07	16:39	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	12:04	13:35	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	09:01	10:32	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:39	12:28	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:23	05:10	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:47	05:57	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:06	14:55	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:10	18:34	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:10	19:21	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:40	00:27 15 Sep 2021	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	08:24	09:13	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	22:53	23:40	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	23:49	01:20 15 Sep 2021	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	14:41	16:12	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.
Varjyam	04:23 15 Sep 2021	05:55 15 Sep 2021	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 12 h 12 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 47 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:04
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): North

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Rog	05:57	07:29	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	07:29	09:01	avoid government work only
Chal	09:01	10:32	neutral travel and movement
Labh	10:32	12:04	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	12:04	13:35	best anything at all
Kaal	13:35	15:07	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	15:07	16:39	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	16:39	18:10	avoid confrontation and debt collection only

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Kaal	18:10	19:39	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	19:39	21:07	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	21:07	22:35	avoid government work only
Shubh	22:35	00:04	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	00:04	01:32	best anything at all
Chal	01:32	03:01	neutral travel and movement
Rog	03:01	04:29	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	04:29	05:57	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Dhanam	05:57	07:29	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	07:29	09:01	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	09:01	10:32	best anything auspicious
Uthi	10:32	12:04	neutral ordinary work
Soram	12:04	13:35	avoid nothing new
Rogam	13:35	15:07	avoid medicine only
Visham	15:07	16:39	avoid nothing new
Labham	16:39	18:10	good gain, new work

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Scorpio · until 07:04
then Sagittarius
Sun sign: Leo
Nakshatra pada: Jyeshtha pada 4 · until 07:04
Mula pada 1 · until 12:46
Mula pada 2 · until 18:28
Mula pada 3 · until 00:11 (15 Sep 2021)
Mula pada 4 · until 05:55 (15 Sep 2021)
Purva Ashadha pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni pada 1
Anandadi yoga: Mudgara · until 07:04
then Chhatra · until 05:55 (15 Sep 2021)
then Mitra
Shaka samvat: 1943 Plava
Vikram samvat: 2078 Ananda
Gujarati samvat: 2077 Paridhavi
Ritu (by lunar month): Varsha
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Sharad
Ayana (sidereal): Dakshinayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Dakshinayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 07:04
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): West
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Rakshasa · until 12:22 (08 May 2022)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	05:55 15 Sep 2021	05:57 15 Sep 2021	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	05:57	05:55 15 Sep 2021	The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Mrityu (danger)	23:58	05:57 15 Sep 2021	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 07:04: Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Aries
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Gemini, Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Taurus
Tarabalam for · until 07:04: Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until 05:55: Bharani, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Krittika, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Leo	04:09	06:12
Virgo	06:12	08:13
Libra	08:13	10:20
Scorpio	10:20	12:32
Sagittarius	12:32	14:39
Capricorn	14:39	16:32
Aquarius	16:32	18:14
Pisces	18:14	19:54
Aries	19:54	21:42
Taurus	21:42	23:44
Gemini	23:44	01:56 15 Sep 2021
Cancer	01:56 15 Sep 2021	04:05 15 Sep 2021

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Free of panchaka (good)	05:57	06:12
Roga (illness)	06:12	07:04
Free of panchaka (good)	07:04	08:13
Mrityu (danger)	08:13	10:20
Agni (fire)	10:20	12:32
Free of panchaka (good)	12:32	13:09
Raja (the state)	13:09	14:39
Free of panchaka (good)	14:39	16:32
Chora (theft)	16:32	18:14
Free of panchaka (good)	18:14	21:42
Chora (theft)	21:42	23:44
Free of panchaka (good)	23:44	01:56 15 Sep 2021
Roga (illness)	01:56 15 Sep 2021	04:05 15 Sep 2021
Free of panchaka (good)	04:05 15 Sep 2021	05:55 15 Sep 2021
Mrityu (danger)	05:55 15 Sep 2021	05:57 15 Sep 2021

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Mars	05:57	06:59	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
2	Sun	06:59	08:00	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
3	Venus	08:00	09:01	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
4	Mercury	09:01	10:02	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
5	Moon	10:02	11:03	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
6	Saturn	11:03	12:04	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
7	Jupiter	12:04	13:05	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
8	Mars	13:05	14:06	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
9	Sun	14:06	15:07	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
10	Venus	15:07	16:08	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
11	Mercury	16:08	17:09	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
12	Moon	17:09	18:10	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
13 night	Saturn	18:10	19:09	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
14 night	Jupiter	19:09	20:08	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
15 night	Mars	20:08	21:07	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
16 night	Sun	21:07	22:06	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
17 night	Venus	22:06	23:05	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
18 night	Mercury	23:05	00:04	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
19 night	Moon	00:04	01:03	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
20 night	Saturn	01:03	02:02	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
21 night	Jupiter	02:02	03:01	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
22 night	Mars	03:01	04:00	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
23 night	Sun	04:00	04:59	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
24 night	Venus	04:59	05:57	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining

Festivals and fasts

Lunar month (ending at new moon, amanta)	Bhadrapada
Lunar month (ending at full moon, purnimanta)	Bhadrapada
Paksha (bright or dark half)	shukla
Tithi	8

Festivals and fasts	How the date is set	Where it is kept
Radha Ashtami the birth of Radha, fifteen days after Janmashtami, kept at midday	madhyahna (midday)	all India

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