Chennai panchang, 12 March 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 07:43 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:18 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:29 Moon enters Aries
- 04:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Revati until 20:29 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 07:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:29 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 20:29 Moon enters Aries
- 04:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:07 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 04:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:29 – 06:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:29 – 06:18 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:29 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:19 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:48 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:18 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:47 Capricorn
- 04:47 – 06:29 Aquarius
- 06:29 – 08:08 Pisces
- 08:08 – 09:56 Aries
- 09:56 – 11:59 Taurus
- 11:59 – 14:10 Gemini
- 14:10 – 16:19 Cancer
- 16:19 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:24 Virgo
- 20:24 – 22:31 Libra
- 22:31 – 00:42 next day Scorpio
- 00:42 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:43 next day Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:18 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