Chennai panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 05:31 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:33 – 09:06
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:35, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 14:18 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. 04:27 – 05:14
- 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 18:20 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:01 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:33 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:06 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:33 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:06 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:01 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 15:01 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:10 Aries
- 08:10 – 10:12 Taurus
- 10:12 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:38 Virgo
- 18:38 – 20:44 Libra
- 20:44 – 22:56 Scorpio
- 22:56 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:57 next day Capricorn
- 02:57 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:00 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