Chennai panchang, 25 March 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 18:29 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:53
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 12:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 10:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 21:29
- Karana Bava until 12:30, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 12:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:29 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:53
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. 04:35 – 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:10 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:41 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:37 Aquarius
- 05:37 – 07:17 Pisces
- 07:17 – 09:05 Aries
- 09:05 – 11:07 Taurus
- 11:07 – 13:19 Gemini
- 13:19 – 15:28 Cancer
- 15:28 – 17:31 Leo
- 17:31 – 19:33 Virgo
- 19:33 – 21:39 Libra
- 21:39 – 23:51 Scorpio
- 23:51 – 01:58 next day Sagittarius
- 01:58 – 03:52 next day Capricorn
- 03:52 – 05:33 next day Aquarius
- 05:33 – 06:09 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