Chennai panchang, 19 December 2023
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 11:54 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:20
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:02 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:37
- Karana Vanija until 13:07, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:20 Moon enters Pisces
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:07 – 18:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 00:09 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 00:02 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. 04:44 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:07 – 06:26 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:02 – 06:26 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:02 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:45 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:01 next day Libra
- 04:01 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 06:26 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