Chennai panchang, 17 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:15 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 18:01- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:44
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:33 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:07
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:33 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 17:12
- Karana Gara until 10:59, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:33 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:07 – 03:33 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 03:33 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:33 – 06:36 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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:01 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 22:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:01 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:35 Taurus
- 15:35 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 21:59 Leo
- 21:59 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:07 next day Libra
- 02:07 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 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