Chennai panchang, 2 December 2023
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 22:09 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:48
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 17:14
- Nakshatra Pushya until 18:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 20:18
- Karana Taitila until 17:14, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 17:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 17:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:18 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:48
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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:54 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:39 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:12 Libra
- 05:12 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:24 Capricorn
- 11:24 – 13:06 Aquarius
- 13:06 – 14:45 Pisces
- 14:45 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:36 Taurus
- 18:36 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 22:56 Cancer
- 22:56 – 00:59 next day Leo
- 00:59 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 05:08 next day Libra
- 05:08 – 06:17 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