Chennai panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 17:57 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 04:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 05:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:11 Aries
- 07:11 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:39 Virgo
- 17:39 – 19:45 Libra
- 19:45 – 21:57 Scorpio
- 21:57 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 01:58 next day Capricorn
- 01:58 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 05:52 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