Chennai panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 02:44 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:49
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 06:31
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:32
- Karana Vishti until 06:31, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 06:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:49
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. 04:46 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:14 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:10 Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:52 Aquarius
- 06:52 – 08:32 Pisces
- 08:32 – 10:20 Aries
- 10:20 – 12:22 Taurus
- 12:22 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:46 Leo
- 18:46 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 22:54 Libra
- 22:54 – 01:06 next day Scorpio
- 01:06 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 05:06 next day Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:22 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