Chennai panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 10:04 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:04
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:04
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:17 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:11 Scorpio
- 05:11 – 07:18 Sagittarius
- 07:18 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:53 Aquarius
- 10:53 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:23 Taurus
- 16:23 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:47 Leo
- 22:47 – 00:48 next day Virgo
- 00:48 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:07 next day Scorpio
- 05:07 – 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