Chennai panchang, 23 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 16:02 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 18:04- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:40
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:20 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:38
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:04 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:39
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:26 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 08:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:13, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:04 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 08:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:04 – 07:39 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:38
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 18:04 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 06:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:20 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:07 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:34 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)
- 04:56 – 06:06 Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:21 Pisces
- 11:21 – 13:09 Aries
- 13:09 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:32 Cancer
- 19:32 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 23:36 Virgo
- 23:36 – 01:43 next day Libra
- 01:43 – 03:55 next day Scorpio
- 03:55 – 06:02 next day Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 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