Chennai panchang, 11 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 06:21 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:41
- 06:52 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:05 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:27
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:49
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:52, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:52 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:05 Moon enters Capricorn
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 11:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:41
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 17:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:04 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:53 Sagittarius
- 06:53 – 08:47 Capricorn
- 08:47 – 10:28 Aquarius
- 10:28 – 12:08 Pisces
- 12:08 – 13:56 Aries
- 13:56 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:19 Cancer
- 20:19 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:24 next day Virgo
- 00:24 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:42 next day Scorpio
- 04:42 – 06:35 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