Chennai panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 19:06 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:34
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:50 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 next day
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 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 17:50 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:00 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:25 – 17:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:25 – 21:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:00 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:50 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:53 Taurus
- 16:53 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:14 Cancer
- 21:14 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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