Chennai panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 08:34 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:53 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 14:57
- Karana Taitila until 13:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:57 – 16:09
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:10 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:38 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 21:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:03 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:19 Scorpio
- 05:19 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:29 Aries
- 14:29 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 22:55 Leo
- 22:55 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:15 next day Scorpio
- 05:15 – 06:33 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