Chennai panchang, 9 April 2024
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 06:15 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:20 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:18
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:09, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 15:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
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) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:32 – 05:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:32 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:33 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:32 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:38 Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 08:06 Aries
- 08:06 – 10:08 Taurus
- 10:08 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:34 Virgo
- 18:34 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:52 Scorpio
- 22:52 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:53 next day Capricorn
- 02:53 – 04:35 next day Aquarius
- 04:35 – 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