Chennai panchang, 18 February 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 13:04 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:22 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:14
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:54 Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:16
- Nakshatra Rohini until 09:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:16, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:54 Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:38 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:14
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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:58 – 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 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:27 Aries
- 11:27 – 13:29 Taurus
- 13:29 – 15:40 Gemini
- 15:40 – 17:50 Cancer
- 17:50 – 19:53 Leo
- 19:53 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:01 next day Libra
- 00:01 – 02:13 next day Scorpio
- 02:13 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 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