Chennai panchang, 14 April 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 10:38 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:20
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:20
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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 01:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:33 next day Capricorn
- 02:33 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:55 next day Pisces
- 05:55 – 05:57 next day Aries
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