Chennai panchang, 5 December 2023
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:14
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:37 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:37 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:41
- Karana Balava until 11:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:41 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:37 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:14
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. 04:37 – 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 17:40 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 00:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:43 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:40 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:00 Libra
- 05:00 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:34 Pisces
- 14:34 – 16:22 Aries
- 16:22 – 18:24 Taurus
- 18:24 – 20:35 Gemini
- 20:35 – 22:45 Cancer
- 22:45 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 04:56 next day Libra
- 04:56 – 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