Chennai panchang, 10 December 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 13:26 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:11 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:16
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:41 to 06:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:02
- Karana Taitila until 16:54, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:16
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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 13:30
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:21 – 13:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:21 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Char | 09:11 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:17 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:11 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:21 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:21 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:21 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:49 Scorpio
- 06:49 – 08:56 Sagittarius
- 08:56 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:59 Aries
- 15:59 – 18:01 Taurus
- 18:01 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:27 next day Virgo
- 02:27 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 06:22 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