Chennai panchang, 28 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 04:00 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 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:20 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:00
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:50 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 22:23
- Karana Gara until 15:04, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:23 – 00:47 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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:33 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:20 | Good |
| Rog | 09:20 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:25 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:25 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:38 Scorpio
- 05:38 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:39 Capricorn
- 09:39 – 11:20 Aquarius
- 11:20 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:16 next day Virgo
- 01:16 – 03:22 next day Libra
- 03:22 – 05:34 next day Scorpio
- 05:34 – 06:31 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