Chennai panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 19:48 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:19
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:44 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 21:10
- Karana Gara until 10:56, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06 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. 04:43 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:56 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:30 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:45 Gemini
- 19:45 – 21:55 Cancer
- 21:55 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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