Chennai panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 23:16 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 14:56
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:21 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 06:27 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) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:19
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:16 Aries
- 15:16 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 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