Chennai panchang, 7 January 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 12:07 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 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:36
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:30
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:27
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:50 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 23:15
- Karana Bava until 16:27, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:30
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. 04:53 – 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 17:56 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 16:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:50 – 06:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:50 – 06:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:50 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:34 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:59 Scorpio
- 04:59 – 07:06 Sagittarius
- 07:06 – 08:59 Capricorn
- 08:59 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 14:09 Aries
- 14:09 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:32 Cancer
- 20:32 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:36 next day Virgo
- 00:36 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 04:55 next day Scorpio
- 04:55 – 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