Chennai panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 14:10 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:03 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:51
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 00:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:03 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:51
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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:55 – 05:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:55 – 17:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:54 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:31 Aries
- 07:31 – 09:33 Taurus
- 09:33 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 17:58 Virgo
- 17:58 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 05:54 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