Chennai panchang, 20 December 2023
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 12:35 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:31
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:26 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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:26 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 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