Chennai panchang, 11 December 2023
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 04:34 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:10
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 12:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 20:58
- Karana Vanija until 07:10, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 18:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:58 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:13 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:17 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:22 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