Chennai panchang, 28 March 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:50 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:08 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:53
Night
18:19 to 06:07 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 23:12
- Karana Vishti until 18:57, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 18:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:12 – 00:24 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. 04:33 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:08 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:09 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 07:05 Pisces
- 07:05 – 08:53 Aries
- 08:53 – 10:56 Taurus
- 10:56 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:16 Cancer
- 15:16 – 17:19 Leo
- 17:19 – 19:21 Virgo
- 19:21 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:40 Scorpio
- 23:40 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:40 next day Capricorn
- 03:40 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 06:07 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