Chennai panchang, 19 December 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 21:40 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:26 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:29
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:59 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:59 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:33
- Karana Balava until 10:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:59 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:33 – 19:45
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:03 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:26 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:51 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:56 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:14 Capricorn
- 10:14 – 11:56 Aquarius
- 11:56 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:50 Leo
- 23:50 – 01:51 next day Virgo
- 01:51 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 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