Chennai panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:47 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 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:47
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:00
- Karana Bava until 14:32, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:47
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. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:57 | Good |
| Rog | 14:57 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Char | 20:57 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:28 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 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:54 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:54 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:02 Scorpio
- 06:02 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:24 Pisces
- 13:24 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 05:58 next day Scorpio
- 05:58 – 06:28 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