Chennai panchang, 1 December 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 06:10 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:08 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:39
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 14:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:33
- Karana Naga until 11:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:08 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:39
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 06:17 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. 04:35 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:41 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:39 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:23 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:13 Libra
- 05:13 – 07:24 Scorpio
- 07:24 – 09:32 Sagittarius
- 09:32 – 11:25 Capricorn
- 11:25 – 13:07 Aquarius
- 13:07 – 14:46 Pisces
- 14:46 – 16:34 Aries
- 16:34 – 18:37 Taurus
- 18:37 – 20:48 Gemini
- 20:48 – 22:57 Cancer
- 22:57 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 03:02 next day Virgo
- 03:02 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
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