Chennai panchang, 26 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 17:14 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:48- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:24
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:21 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 03:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:52, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:21 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:24
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 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:29 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:54 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:24 | Good |
| Rog | 16:24 – 17:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:48 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:24 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:29 NowMercury
- 10:29 NowMoon
- 11:29 NowSaturn
- 12:29 NowJupiter
- 13:29 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:29 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:29 NowVenus
- 23:29 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMoon
- 01:29 NowSaturn
- 02:29 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 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