Chennai panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 13:38 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 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:40
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 12:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:29
- Karana Gara until 12:23, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:40
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:42 – 17:40
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 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 12:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Char | 10:50 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:58 Sagittarius
- 06:58 – 08:52 Capricorn
- 08:52 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:24 Cancer
- 20:24 – 22:27 Leo
- 22:27 – 00:29 next day Virgo
- 00:29 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 06:35 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