Chennai panchang, 12 December 2023
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 05:32 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:42- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:17
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 06:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:51
- Karana Shakuni until 06:24, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:24 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 06:24 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 11:56 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 17:47 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 05:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 05:02 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:17
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:51 – 20:51
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 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:22 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:17 | Good |
| Rog | 16:17 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:42 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 14:06 Pisces
- 14:06 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 17:56 Taurus
- 17:56 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:17 Cancer
- 22:17 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 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