Chennai panchang, 21 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 14:15 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 18:03- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta 16:31 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:37 – 18:03
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:27
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:52 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 09:46
- Karana Vanija until 07:24, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:46 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:31 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:37 – 18:03
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) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:20 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:03 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:14 Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 13:17 Aries
- 13:17 – 15:19 Taurus
- 15:19 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:43 Leo
- 21:43 – 23:44 Virgo
- 23:44 – 01:51 next day Libra
- 01:51 – 04:03 next day Scorpio
- 04:03 – 06:10 next day Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 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