Chennai panchang, 16 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 10:34 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:18 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:35
- 13:04 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:38 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 20:00
- Karana Kaulava until 13:04, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:00 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:10 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:35
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 04:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 04:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 04:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:52 – 12:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:18 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:35 | Good |
| Rog | 16:35 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:35 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 10:09 Aquarius
- 10:09 – 11:48 Pisces
- 11:48 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:04 next day Virgo
- 00:04 – 02:11 next day Libra
- 02:11 – 04:23 next day Scorpio
- 04:23 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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