Chennai panchang, 6 January 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 01:28 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 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:04
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:42 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:47
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 00:42 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:42 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:09 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:09 – 08:09 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. 04:52 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 21:23
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 21:23
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:34 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 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:06 Scorpio
- 05:06 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:48 Aquarius
- 10:48 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:16 Aries
- 14:16 – 16:18 Taurus
- 16:18 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 05:02 next day Scorpio
- 05:02 – 06:34 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