Chennai panchang, 22 March 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:14 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:48
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:18 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:18 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:27 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:34
- Karana Kaulava until 18:00, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:00 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:34 – 20:34
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:12 – 04:27 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. 04:37 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 06:11 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:46 | Good |
| Rog | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:29 Pisces
- 07:29 – 09:17 Aries
- 09:17 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:40 Cancer
- 15:40 – 17:43 Leo
- 17:43 – 19:45 Virgo
- 19:45 – 21:51 Libra
- 21:51 – 00:03 next day Scorpio
- 00:03 – 02:10 next day Sagittarius
- 02:10 – 04:03 next day Capricorn
- 04:03 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:11 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