Chennai panchang, 14 February 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 09:53 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:50
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:13 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:10
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:43 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 19:58
- Karana Balava until 12:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:43 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:43 Moon enters Aries
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 10:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:43 – 06:32 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:22 – 23:20
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. 04:54 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:13 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:43 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:33 Capricorn
- 06:33 – 08:15 Aquarius
- 08:15 – 09:54 Pisces
- 09:54 – 11:42 Aries
- 11:42 – 13:45 Taurus
- 13:45 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:05 Cancer
- 18:05 – 20:08 Leo
- 20:08 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:17 next day Libra
- 00:17 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:29 next day Capricorn
- 06:29 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
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