Chennai panchang, 29 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 20:00 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:00 – 16:25
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:50 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 08:00
- Nakshatra Pushya until 03:09 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:28 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:28 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:28 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 03:09 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 06:31 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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:00 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:37 Scorpio
- 05:37 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:38 Capricorn
- 09:38 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:33 next day Scorpio
- 05:33 – 06:31 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