Chennai panchang, 5 February 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 01:58 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 18:10- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:51
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:10 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:51
- Karana Vishti until 17:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:51 – 14:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:51
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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 07:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:35 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:15 Sagittarius
- 05:15 – 07:08 Capricorn
- 07:08 – 08:50 Aquarius
- 08:50 – 10:30 Pisces
- 10:30 – 12:18 Aries
- 12:18 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 18:41 Cancer
- 18:41 – 20:44 Leo
- 20:44 – 22:45 Virgo
- 22:45 – 00:52 next day Libra
- 00:52 – 03:04 next day Scorpio
- 03:04 – 05:11 next day Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 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