Chennai panchang, 20 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 13:26 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 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:11
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 11:05
- Karana Taitila until 07:36, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 03:09 – 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 03:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:09 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Char | 12:19 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:21 Aries
- 13:21 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:44 Cancer
- 19:44 – 21:47 Leo
- 21:47 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 01:55 next day Libra
- 01:55 – 04:07 next day Scorpio
- 04:07 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 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