Chennai panchang, 15 March 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 10:04 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:18 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:09
- Nakshatra Krittika until 16:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:45
- Karana Kaulava until 10:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:08 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- 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 06:17 – 16:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 22:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:31 next day Scorpio
- 00:31 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 06:13 next day Aquarius
- 06:13 – 06:16 next day Pisces
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