Chennai panchang, 25 December 2023
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 16:20 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:32
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:39 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 04:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 17:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:39 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:21 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:47 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:47 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:32
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. 04:47 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 21:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 21:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:39 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:39 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:58 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:48 | Good |
| Char | 17:48 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:48 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:53 Scorpio
- 05:53 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:05 Taurus
- 17:05 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:37 next day Libra
- 03:37 – 05:49 next day Scorpio
- 05:49 – 06:29 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