Chennai panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 21:16 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:50
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:16 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 04:49 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:38 Capricorn
- 05:38 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:59 Pisces
- 08:59 – 10:47 Aries
- 10:47 – 12:50 Taurus
- 12:50 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:10 Cancer
- 17:10 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:15 Virgo
- 21:15 – 23:22 Libra
- 23:22 – 01:34 next day Scorpio
- 01:34 – 03:41 next day Sagittarius
- 03:41 – 05:34 next day Capricorn
- 05:34 – 06:26 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