Chennai panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 17:44 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:54 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:43
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:43
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) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:49 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:54 | Good |
| Rog | 14:54 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:54 | Good |
| Char | 20:54 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:54 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:54 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:12 Aquarius
- 12:12 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:07 next day Virgo
- 02:07 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 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