Chennai panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 11:34 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:12
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:05 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:08
- Karana Vanija until 12:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 00:43 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. 04:24 – 05:10
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:56 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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:06 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:06 Cancer
- 14:06 – 16:09 Leo
- 16:09 – 18:10 Virgo
- 18:10 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:36 next day Sagittarius
- 00:36 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 05:56 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