Chennai panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 16:26 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:21
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:11 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:43 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:21
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 – 05:07
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 17:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:08 – 05:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:08 – 05:53 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:08 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:19 Aries
- 07:19 – 09:21 Taurus
- 09:21 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:45 Leo
- 15:45 – 17:47 Virgo
- 17:47 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:05 Scorpio
- 22:05 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 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