Chennai panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 03:15 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 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:39
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:39
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:58 Scorpio
- 04:58 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:20 Pisces
- 12:20 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:10 Taurus
- 16:10 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:42 next day Libra
- 02:42 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 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