Chennai panchang, 23 March 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 17:00 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:17
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:18
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:33 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 19:33
- Karana Taitila until 07:18, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:18 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 21:57
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. 04:36 – 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 18:19 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 06:11 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:18 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 07:25 Pisces
- 07:25 – 09:13 Aries
- 09:13 – 11:15 Taurus
- 11:15 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:36 Cancer
- 15:36 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 19:41 Virgo
- 19:41 – 21:47 Libra
- 21:47 – 23:59 Scorpio
- 23:59 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 04:00 next day Capricorn
- 04:00 – 05:41 next day Aquarius
- 05:41 – 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