Chennai panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 11:12 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:29
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:45 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:29
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 17:45 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 14:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:55 – 16:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:20 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:20 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:55 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:55 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:55 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:21 Scorpio
- 06:21 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:33 Taurus
- 17:33 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
- 06:17 – 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