Chennai panchang, 2 April 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 00:34 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:47
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:19 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 20:09
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 18:35
- Karana Balava until 08:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 20:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 22:48 – 06:04 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) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:05 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:37 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:36 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:07 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:46 Pisces
- 06:46 – 08:34 Aries
- 08:34 – 10:36 Taurus
- 10:36 – 12:47 Gemini
- 12:47 – 14:57 Cancer
- 14:57 – 17:00 Leo
- 17:00 – 19:01 Virgo
- 19:01 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:20 Scorpio
- 23:20 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:04 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