Chennai panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 14:35 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:16 – 13:46
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:38 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- 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 06:13 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:16 | Good |
| Rog | 12:16 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:43 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:25 Aries
- 09:25 – 11:27 Taurus
- 11:27 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:48 Cancer
- 15:48 – 17:51 Leo
- 17:51 – 19:52 Virgo
- 19:52 – 21:59 Libra
- 21:59 – 00:11 next day Scorpio
- 00:11 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 06:13 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