Chennai panchang, 3 February 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 00:09 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:16
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:09 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:04 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:21
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:20 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 12:51
- Karana Kaulava until 17:21, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:04 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:16
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:23 Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 07:16 Capricorn
- 07:16 – 08:58 Aquarius
- 08:58 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:26 Aries
- 12:26 – 14:28 Taurus
- 14:28 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 20:52 Leo
- 20:52 – 22:53 Virgo
- 22:53 – 01:00 next day Libra
- 01:00 – 03:12 next day Scorpio
- 03:12 – 05:19 next day Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 06:35 next day Capricorn
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