Chennai panchang, 8 December 2023
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 02:02 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:15
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 06:31 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 17:54, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:53 Moon enters Libra
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:15
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 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:10 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 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