Chennai panchang, 14 January 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 09:06 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 17:59
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:59 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 08:00
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:39 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:00, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 18:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:39 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 17:59
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:28 – 04:59 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:22 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:59 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:36 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 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:41 Sagittarius
- 06:41 – 08:35 Capricorn
- 08:35 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:56 Pisces
- 11:56 – 13:44 Aries
- 13:44 – 15:47 Taurus
- 15:47 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:07 Cancer
- 20:07 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:19 next day Libra
- 02:19 – 04:30 next day Scorpio
- 04:30 – 06:36 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