Chennai panchang, 17 March 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 11:52 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:47 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:05
- Karana Vishti until 09:40, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:47 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:05 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:53 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:18
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 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:47 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:16 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 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
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:09 Aquarius
- 06:09 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 06:05 next day Aquarius
- 06:05 – 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