Chennai panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 08:57 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:24
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:40 to 06:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 13:56
- Karana Gara until 13:10, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:24
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. 04:37 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:40 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:14 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:13 Capricorn
- 11:13 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 16:23 Aries
- 16:23 – 18:25 Taurus
- 18:25 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 22:46 Cancer
- 22:46 – 00:49 next day Leo
- 00:49 – 02:50 next day Virgo
- 02:50 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 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