Chennai panchang, 31 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 21:39 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:21 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:51
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 11:56
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:36 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 03:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 11:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:21 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:51
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:37 Sagittarius
- 07:37 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:51 Pisces
- 12:51 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:42 Taurus
- 16:42 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:14 next day Libra
- 03:14 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 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