Chennai panchang, 14 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 07:37 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:27
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:43 to 06:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:46 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 13:24
- Karana Balava until 14:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:46 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 13:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:27
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 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 17:43 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:43 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:36 Scorpio
- 06:36 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:46 Aries
- 15:46 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 22:09 Cancer
- 22:09 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:14 next day Virgo
- 02:14 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 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