Chennai panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:53 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:20 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:37
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:53 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:20 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:37
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:07 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:07 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:14 Scorpio
- 05:14 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:14 Capricorn
- 09:14 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:24 Aries
- 14:24 – 16:26 Taurus
- 16:26 – 18:37 Gemini
- 18:37 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 00:51 next day Virgo
- 00:51 – 02:58 next day Libra
- 02:58 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 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