Chennai panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 02:25 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:14
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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 – 05:16
- 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 06:03 – 16:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:35 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:35 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:07 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:04 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:38 Pisces
- 06:38 – 08:26 Aries
- 08:26 – 10:28 Taurus
- 10:28 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:49 Cancer
- 14:49 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:19 next day Sagittarius
- 01:19 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 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