Chennai panchang, 8 March 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 04:37 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 21:58
- Nakshatra Shravana until 10:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 00:45 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:40 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 11:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 21:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:45 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:58 – 08:09 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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 10:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:49 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:20 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:02 Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 08:24 Pisces
- 08:24 – 10:12 Aries
- 10:12 – 12:14 Taurus
- 12:14 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:35 Cancer
- 16:35 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 20:40 Virgo
- 20:40 – 22:46 Libra
- 22:46 – 00:58 next day Scorpio
- 00:58 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:59 next day Capricorn
- 04:59 – 06:20 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