Chennai panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 22:30 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 17:46- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 14:56 – 16:21
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:21
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 03:47 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. 04:45 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 06:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 06:27 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:56 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Char | 16:21 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:46 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:21 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:56 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:10 Scorpio
- 06:10 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:20 Aries
- 15:20 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:43 Cancer
- 21:43 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
- 06:06 – 06:27 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