Chennai panchang, 7 December 2024
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 11:22 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 07:05 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:50
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:40 to 06:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:06
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:42
- Karana Taitila until 11:06, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:05 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:50
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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- 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 06:19 – 16:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:45 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:10 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:49 Libra
- 04:49 – 07:01 Scorpio
- 07:01 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:11 Aries
- 16:11 – 18:13 Taurus
- 18:13 – 20:25 Gemini
- 20:25 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 06:20 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