Chennai panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 01:10 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:48 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 17:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:00, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:32 – 22:28
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. 04:17 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:48 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Char | 10:31 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:50 Gemini
- 10:50 – 12:59 Cancer
- 12:59 – 15:02 Leo
- 15:02 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:22 Scorpio
- 21:22 – 23:29 Sagittarius
- 23:29 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 05:48 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