Chennai panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 01:31 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:34
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:34
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. 04:47 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:50 Capricorn
- 09:50 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 15:00 Aries
- 15:00 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 03:34 next day Libra
- 03:34 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 06:29 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