Chennai panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 20:46 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 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:30
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:30
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:44 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:26 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 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:18 Capricorn
- 10:18 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 06:26 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