Chennai panchang, 13 March 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 08:28 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:48
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:18 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:26 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 00:48 next day
- Karana Vanija until 14:40, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:24 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:48 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:48 – 21:59 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 18:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:24 – 06:17 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. 04:42 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 18:24
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:43 Capricorn
- 04:43 – 06:25 Aquarius
- 06:25 – 08:04 Pisces
- 08:04 – 09:52 Aries
- 09:52 – 11:55 Taurus
- 11:55 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:18 Leo
- 18:18 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:27 Libra
- 22:27 – 00:38 next day Scorpio
- 00:38 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:39 next day Capricorn
- 04:39 – 06:17 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