Chennai panchang, 26 December 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 02:18 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 17:49- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:33
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:44 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 18:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 22:23
- Karana Bava until 11:40, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:33
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. 04:48 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:47 Capricorn
- 09:47 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:56 Aries
- 14:56 – 16:58 Taurus
- 16:58 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 06:30 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