Chennai panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 14:09 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:27
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 14:28, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 05:05 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 11:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:48 – 06:22 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:42 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 11:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:09 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 15:55 Aries
- 15:55 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:23 next day Virgo
- 02:23 – 04:29 next day Libra
- 04:29 – 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