Chennai panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 12:45 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:03
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:05 – 22:02 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. 04:39 – 05:30
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:56 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:21 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:41 Libra
- 04:41 – 06:53 Scorpio
- 06:53 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 16:03 Aries
- 16:03 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:29 next day Leo
- 00:29 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:21 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