Chennai panchang, 17 February 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 12:12 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:18
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 13:43
- Karana Bava until 08:16, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 20:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 12:38 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
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 – 05:42
- 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 18:14 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:16 – 06:31 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 08:46 – 06:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 06:31 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:46 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:21 Capricorn
- 06:21 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:43 Pisces
- 09:43 – 11:31 Aries
- 11:31 – 13:33 Taurus
- 13:33 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 17:54 Cancer
- 17:54 – 19:57 Leo
- 19:57 – 21:58 Virgo
- 21:58 – 00:05 next day Libra
- 00:05 – 02:17 next day Scorpio
- 02:17 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
- 06:17 – 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