Chennai panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 16:43 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:23 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta 07:09 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:28 – 14:53
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:54 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:26
- Karana Vanija until 16:59, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:09 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:23 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 03:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:23 – 16:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:23 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:28 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:43 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:23 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:23 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:33 Scorpio
- 06:33 – 08:40 Sagittarius
- 08:40 – 10:34 Capricorn
- 10:34 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:09 next day Leo
- 00:09 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:24 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