Chennai panchang, 23 December 2023
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 14:41 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 17:47- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 14:57
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:19 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 09:07
- Karana Vishti until 07:12, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:07 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 06:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 06:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:57
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:47 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 03:45 next day Libra
- 03:45 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 06:28 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