Chennai panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 09:40 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:15
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:33 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:33 – 02:57 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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:49 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:37 next day Capricorn
- 02:37 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:57 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