Chennai panchang, 7 January 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:19 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:55
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:46 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 04:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:50, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 00:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:55
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 22:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:09 – 22:15
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:08 – 06:34 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) 11:52 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:02 Scorpio
- 05:02 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:14 Taurus
- 16:14 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:38 Leo
- 22:38 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:46 next day Libra
- 02:46 – 04:58 next day Scorpio
- 04:58 – 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