Chennai panchang, 7 December 2023
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 01:16 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:24
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:06 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:59
- Karana Vanija until 16:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:28 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 16:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:59 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 05:06 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:06 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:24
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:19 – 06:28
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. 04:38 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:52 Libra
- 04:52 – 07:04 Scorpio
- 07:04 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:16 Taurus
- 18:16 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:37 Cancer
- 22:37 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 04:48 next day Libra
- 04:48 – 06:20 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