Chennai panchang, 22 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 15:08 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:46
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 08:46
- Karana Bava until 07:37, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:22 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:46
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 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:34
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 04:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 04:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:20 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Char | 18:03 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:12 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:06 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:25 Pisces
- 11:25 – 13:13 Aries
- 13:13 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:36 Cancer
- 19:36 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:40 Virgo
- 23:40 – 01:47 next day Libra
- 01:47 – 03:59 next day Scorpio
- 03:59 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 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