Chennai panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 10:57 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:18
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:07
- Karana Gara until 09:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:18
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 16:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:15 next day | Good |
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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:41 Aries
- 09:41 – 11:43 Taurus
- 11:43 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 16:04 Cancer
- 16:04 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:15 Libra
- 22:15 – 00:27 next day Scorpio
- 00:27 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:15 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