Chennai panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:19 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:10
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:29 – 07:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:12 – 06:05 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. 04:31 – 05:18
- 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 06:05 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:05 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:05 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:05 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:05 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:50 Pisces
- 06:50 – 08:38 Aries
- 08:38 – 10:40 Taurus
- 10:40 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 17:04 Leo
- 17:04 – 19:05 Virgo
- 19:05 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:31 next day Sagittarius
- 01:31 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 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