Chennai panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 01:31 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:44
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 16:09
- Karana Taitila until 07:24, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:44
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. 04:30 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:35 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:30 Aries
- 08:30 – 10:32 Taurus
- 10:32 – 12:44 Gemini
- 12:44 – 14:53 Cancer
- 14:53 – 16:56 Leo
- 16:56 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 03:16 next day Capricorn
- 03:16 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:03 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