Chennai panchang, 6 January 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 11:25 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:55- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:39
- 07:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:06 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 02:05 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:20, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:50 – 15:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:24 – 05:26 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. 04:52 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:30 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:30 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:05 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:05 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:03 Scorpio
- 05:03 – 07:10 Sagittarius
- 07:10 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 10:45 Aquarius
- 10:45 – 12:25 Pisces
- 12:25 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:15 Taurus
- 16:15 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:39 Leo
- 22:39 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 04:59 next day Scorpio
- 04:59 – 06:34 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