Chennai panchang, 2 December 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 07:06 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:42 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:43
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:00
- Karana Bava until 12:43, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:00 – 18:00
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. 04:36 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:42 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:14 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:14 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:55 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:55 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:09 Libra
- 05:09 – 07:21 Scorpio
- 07:21 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:21 Capricorn
- 11:21 – 13:03 Aquarius
- 13:03 – 14:42 Pisces
- 14:42 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 02:58 next day Virgo
- 02:58 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 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