Chennai panchang, 3 December 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 08:02 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:08 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:49 – 16:14
- 13:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:39 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 13:09
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 15:07
- Karana Kaulava until 13:09, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 13:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:07 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:07 – 17:31
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 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:09 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:42 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Char | 09:08 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:49 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:39 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:49 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:43 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:11 NowVenus
- 09:08 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:49 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:49 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:11 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:17 Scorpio
- 07:17 – 09:24 Sagittarius
- 09:24 – 11:17 Capricorn
- 11:17 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:38 Pisces
- 14:38 – 16:26 Aries
- 16:26 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:50 Cancer
- 22:50 – 00:53 next day Leo
- 00:53 – 02:54 next day Virgo
- 02:54 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 06:18 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