Chennai panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 00:01 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:43 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:31
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:54
- Karana Kaulava until 17:08, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:31
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) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Rog | 10:43 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:58 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:01 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:58 Scorpio
- 05:58 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 15:08 Aries
- 15:08 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:54 next day Scorpio
- 05:54 – 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