Chennai panchang, 29 February 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 22:04 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:16 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:22 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 10:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 17:55
- Karana Kaulava until 17:24, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
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. 04:48 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:26 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:34 Capricorn
- 05:34 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:55 Pisces
- 08:55 – 10:43 Aries
- 10:43 – 12:46 Taurus
- 12:46 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:07 Cancer
- 17:07 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:11 Virgo
- 21:11 – 23:18 Libra
- 23:18 – 01:30 next day Scorpio
- 01:30 – 03:37 next day Sagittarius
- 03:37 – 05:30 next day Capricorn
- 05:30 – 06:25 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