Chennai panchang, 16 February 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 11:23 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:46
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:13 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 15:17
- Karana Vanija until 08:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Indra
- 20:30 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- 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 18:13 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:25 Capricorn
- 06:25 – 08:07 Aquarius
- 08:07 – 09:47 Pisces
- 09:47 – 11:35 Aries
- 11:35 – 13:37 Taurus
- 13:37 – 15:48 Gemini
- 15:48 – 17:58 Cancer
- 17:58 – 20:01 Leo
- 20:01 – 22:02 Virgo
- 22:02 – 00:09 next day Libra
- 00:09 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:21 next day Capricorn
- 06:21 – 06:31 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