Chennai panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 07:21 Pausha 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 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:51 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:33
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:58 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:33
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) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:51 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:35 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:49 Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 08:43 Capricorn
- 08:43 – 10:24 Aquarius
- 10:24 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:52 Aries
- 13:52 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:06 Gemini
- 18:06 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:20 next day Virgo
- 00:20 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:38 next day Scorpio
- 04:38 – 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