Chennai panchang, 24 January 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 16:58 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:46
- 07:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:46 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 08:16 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:39
- Karana Gara until 09:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 09:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:50 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:46 next day Moon enters Cancer
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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:39 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:46 – 10:34 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:31 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 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
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:34 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)
- 04:56 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:37 Aquarius
- 09:37 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 13:05 Aries
- 13:05 – 15:07 Taurus
- 15:07 – 17:19 Gemini
- 17:19 – 19:28 Cancer
- 19:28 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:33 Virgo
- 23:33 – 01:39 next day Libra
- 01:39 – 03:51 next day Scorpio
- 03:51 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 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