Chennai panchang, 24 March 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 17:44 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:19
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:19 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:55
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 07:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 20:33
- Karana Vanija until 09:55, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 09:55 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:33 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:55 – 14:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
- 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 – 18:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:46 – 01:02 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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 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 – 07:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:33 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:11 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:41 – 06:10 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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:41 Aquarius
- 05:41 – 07:21 Pisces
- 07:21 – 09:09 Aries
- 09:09 – 11:11 Taurus
- 11:11 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:32 Cancer
- 15:32 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 19:37 Virgo
- 19:37 – 21:43 Libra
- 21:43 – 23:55 Scorpio
- 23:55 – 02:02 next day Sagittarius
- 02:02 – 03:56 next day Capricorn
- 03:56 – 05:37 next day Aquarius
- 05:37 – 06:10 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