Chennai panchang, 27 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 03:07 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:24
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:27 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 20:28 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:37
- Karana Kaulava until 13:40, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:56 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:27 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:27 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:37 – 00:37 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. 04:48 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:00 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:42 Scorpio
- 05:42 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:43 Capricorn
- 09:43 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:52 Aries
- 14:52 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:26 next day Libra
- 03:26 – 05:38 next day Scorpio
- 05:38 – 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