Chennai panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 15:41 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:54 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:14
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:54 – 06:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 06:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:04 – 05:53 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. 04:21 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:54 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:53 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
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:02 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
- 05:54 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:54 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:23 Aries
- 07:23 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:46 Cancer
- 13:46 – 15:49 Leo
- 15:49 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 19:57 Libra
- 19:57 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:51 next day Aquarius
- 03:51 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 05:53 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