Chennai panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 18:46 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:40
- 18:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 05:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 18:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:04 – 04:52 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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:59 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:51 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 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:21 Gemini
- 11:21 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:35 Virgo
- 17:35 – 19:41 Libra
- 19:41 – 21:53 Scorpio
- 21:53 – 00:00 next day Sagittarius
- 00:00 – 01:54 next day Capricorn
- 01:54 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 05:51 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