Chennai panchang, 2 January 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 01:47 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:35
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:02
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:24
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:28
- Karana Vishti until 14:24, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 19:19
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 19:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:57 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:47 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:12 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:27 – 17:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:27 – 21:02 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:32 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:21 Scorpio
- 05:21 – 07:28 Sagittarius
- 07:28 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 11:03 Aquarius
- 11:03 – 12:43 Pisces
- 12:43 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:44 Gemini
- 18:44 – 20:54 Cancer
- 20:54 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:17 next day Scorpio
- 05:17 – 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