Chennai panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 06:34 Margashirsha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:27
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:42 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 04:41 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:23 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 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:41 Capricorn
- 10:41 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:50 Aries
- 15:50 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 22:13 Cancer
- 22:13 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:24 next day Libra
- 04:24 – 06:23 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