Chennai panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 10:25 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:44
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:44 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:46 Pisces
- 13:46 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:09 next day Libra
- 04:09 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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