Chennai panchang, 13 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 08:16 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 17:59- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:08
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:59 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 10:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 21:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:22 – 02:39 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. 04:54 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 12:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:33 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:59 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:02 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 19:02 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:45 Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 08:39 Capricorn
- 08:39 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 12:00 Pisces
- 12:00 – 13:48 Aries
- 13:48 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:11 Cancer
- 20:11 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:23 next day Libra
- 02:23 – 04:34 next day Scorpio
- 04:34 – 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