Chennai panchang, 4 February 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 01:01 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:09
- 07:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:09 to 06:35 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:20 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:12
- Karana Gara until 17:50, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:20 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:12 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 07:20
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:20 – 06:35 next day
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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:19 Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 07:12 Capricorn
- 07:12 – 08:54 Aquarius
- 08:54 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:24 Taurus
- 14:24 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:45 Cancer
- 18:45 – 20:48 Leo
- 20:48 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 00:56 next day Libra
- 00:56 – 03:08 next day Scorpio
- 03:08 – 05:15 next day Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 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