Chennai panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 14:55 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:22 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:26
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:42 to 06:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:22
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:26
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:22 – 09:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:22 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:52 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:22 NowSaturn
- 13:22 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:41 Scorpio
- 06:41 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:42 Capricorn
- 10:42 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:51 Aries
- 15:51 – 17:53 Taurus
- 17:53 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:25 next day Libra
- 04:25 – 06:23 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