Chennai panchang, 21 February 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 15:47 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:15 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 11:28
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:50
- Karana Balava until 11:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:44 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 11:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 14:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
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. 04:52 – 05:41
- 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 18:15 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 11:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:27 Pisces
- 09:27 – 11:15 Aries
- 11:15 – 13:17 Taurus
- 13:17 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:42 Virgo
- 21:42 – 23:49 Libra
- 23:49 – 02:01 next day Scorpio
- 02:01 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 06:29 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