Chennai panchang, 24 February 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 18:16 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:18
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:15 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 22:20 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:33
- Karana Bava until 18:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:20 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:53
- 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. 04:51 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:54 Capricorn
- 05:54 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 09:15 Pisces
- 09:15 – 11:03 Aries
- 11:03 – 13:05 Taurus
- 13:05 – 15:17 Gemini
- 15:17 – 17:26 Cancer
- 17:26 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 21:31 Virgo
- 21:31 – 23:37 Libra
- 23:37 – 01:49 next day Scorpio
- 01:49 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:50 next day Capricorn
- 05:50 – 06:28 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