Chennai panchang, 30 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 20:51 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:01
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 09:44
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 05:42 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:55 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 09:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 05:42 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:48 – 09:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
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 17:51 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:44 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:33 Scorpio
- 05:33 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:55 Pisces
- 12:55 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:09 Leo
- 23:09 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:18 next day Libra
- 03:18 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 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