Chennai panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 09:49 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:18 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:24
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:27
- Karana Vishti until 12:49, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:24
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:05 – 00:08 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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 17:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:49 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:18 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:43 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:12 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:12 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:57 Libra
- 04:57 – 07:09 Scorpio
- 07:09 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:09 Capricorn
- 11:09 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 14:31 Pisces
- 14:31 – 16:19 Aries
- 16:19 – 18:21 Taurus
- 18:21 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:42 Cancer
- 22:42 – 00:45 next day Leo
- 00:45 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 06:19 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