Chennai panchang, 1 January 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 00:56 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:27
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:29 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:10
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:29 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 11:43
- Karana Gara until 13:10, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:29 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:12 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:02 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:27 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 21:02 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:32 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:25 Scorpio
- 05:25 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 11:07 Aquarius
- 11:07 – 12:46 Pisces
- 12:46 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:37 Taurus
- 16:37 – 18:48 Gemini
- 18:48 – 20:58 Cancer
- 20:58 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:21 next day Scorpio
- 05:21 – 06:32 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