Chennai panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 04:02 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:02 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:02 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 06:51 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam 09:06 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:15
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:19 to 06:01 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:19
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:14
- Karana Taitila until 10:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:02 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:51 – 07:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:23 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:28 – 23:19
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. 04:28 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:02 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 09:06 | Good |
| Rog | 09:06 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:02 NowSaturn
- 07:02 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:02 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:02 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:50 Aquarius
- 04:50 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:18 Aries
- 08:18 – 10:20 Taurus
- 10:20 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 18:46 Virgo
- 18:46 – 20:52 Libra
- 20:52 – 23:04 Scorpio
- 23:04 – 01:11 next day Sagittarius
- 01:11 – 03:05 next day Capricorn
- 03:05 – 04:46 next day Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:01 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