Chennai panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 18:10 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 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:34
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:34
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. 04:48 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:30 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 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 11:27 Aquarius
- 11:27 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:57 Taurus
- 16:57 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:18 Cancer
- 21:18 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 06:30 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