Chennai panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 23:10 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:27
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:11, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:31 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 18:28
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:32 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:22 Capricorn
- 09:22 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:34 Taurus
- 16:34 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 20:55 Cancer
- 20:55 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 00:59 next day Virgo
- 00:59 – 03:06 next day Libra
- 03:06 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 06:32 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