Chennai panchang, 22 December 2023
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 13:57 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:42 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:22
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 08:17
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 11:10
- Karana Gara until 08:17, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 08:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 21:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 21:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:17 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:27 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:42 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Char | 16:22 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:22 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:27 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