Chennai panchang, 27 March 2024
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:01 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:45
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:06
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:53
- Karana Gara until 17:06, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:45
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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 17:06
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:30 Aquarius
- 05:30 – 07:09 Pisces
- 07:09 – 08:57 Aries
- 08:57 – 11:00 Taurus
- 11:00 – 13:11 Gemini
- 13:11 – 15:20 Cancer
- 15:20 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 19:25 Virgo
- 19:25 – 21:32 Libra
- 21:32 – 23:43 Scorpio
- 23:43 – 01:51 next day Sagittarius
- 01:51 – 03:44 next day Capricorn
- 03:44 – 05:26 next day Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:08 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