Chennai panchang, 4 December 2023
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 23:46 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:39 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 22:00
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:35 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 21:46
- Karana Vishti until 08:42, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 22:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:27 – 21:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:55 – 21:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:35 – 08:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:46 – 22:58
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. 04:36 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 00:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:04 Libra
- 05:04 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:37 Pisces
- 14:37 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:28 Taurus
- 18:28 – 20:39 Gemini
- 20:39 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 00:52 next day Leo
- 00:52 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 05:00 next day Libra
- 05:00 – 06:18 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