Chennai panchang, 3 March 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:17 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:17
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:17 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:45
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 17:24
- Karana Bava until 08:45, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:24 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 20:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:24 – 18:36
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 15:55
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:55 – 06:23 next day
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. 04:47 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:51 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:51 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:22 Capricorn
- 05:22 – 07:04 Aquarius
- 07:04 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:32 Aries
- 10:32 – 12:34 Taurus
- 12:34 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 18:58 Leo
- 18:58 – 20:59 Virgo
- 20:59 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:18 next day Scorpio
- 01:18 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:18 next day Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:23 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