Chennai panchang, 1 December 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 21:17 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:48 – 16:13
- 10:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:39 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:31
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:40 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:02
- Karana Balava until 15:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:12 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:20 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:13
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:16 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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 16:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:06 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:48 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:48 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:42 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:07 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:16 Libra
- 05:16 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:49 Pisces
- 14:49 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 18:40 Taurus
- 18:40 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 01:03 next day Leo
- 01:03 – 03:05 next day Virgo
- 03:05 – 05:12 next day Libra
- 05:12 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
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