Chennai panchang, 8 December 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 12:04 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:41
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 06:25
- Karana Vanija until 09:44, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:25 – 07:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:44 – 20:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:41
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. 04:39 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:20 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:45 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 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
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:20 NowMars
- 13:20 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:20 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSaturn
- 01:20 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:45 Libra
- 04:45 – 06:57 Scorpio
- 06:57 – 09:04 Sagittarius
- 09:04 – 10:57 Capricorn
- 10:57 – 12:39 Aquarius
- 12:39 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 16:07 Aries
- 16:07 – 18:09 Taurus
- 18:09 – 20:21 Gemini
- 20:21 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:33 next day Leo
- 00:33 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 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