Chennai panchang, 31 March 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 23:36 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:19
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:05 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:52
- Karana Gara until 09:27, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:45 – 21:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:06 – 22:56
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 07:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:56 – 06:05 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:56 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:56 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:06 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:37 – 06:05 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
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
- 06:06 NowSun
- 07:06 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:42 Aries
- 08:42 – 10:44 Taurus
- 10:44 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:05 Cancer
- 15:05 – 17:08 Leo
- 17:08 – 19:09 Virgo
- 19:09 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:28 next day Capricorn
- 03:28 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:05 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