Chennai panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 08:38 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:18
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:18
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:43 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:54 Pisces
- 13:54 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:05 Cancer
- 22:05 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:17 next day Libra
- 04:17 – 06:24 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