Chennai panchang, 19 April 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 14:56 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:05
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:47, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:47 – 20:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 10:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:46 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:38 – 13:54
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 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- 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 05:54 – 10:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:56 – 05:54 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:56 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:27 Aries
- 07:27 – 09:29 Taurus
- 09:29 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 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