Chennai panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 23:54 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 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:38
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:53 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:38
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 04:51 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:32 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:33 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 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:18 Scorpio
- 05:18 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:18 Capricorn
- 09:18 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:30 Taurus
- 16:30 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 00:55 next day Virgo
- 00:55 – 03:02 next day Libra
- 03:02 – 05:14 next day Scorpio
- 05:14 – 06:33 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