Chennai panchang, 4 January 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 03:31 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:54- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:37
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 12:03
- Karana Taitila until 18:16, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:03 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:13
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:03 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:37
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 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 00:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:13 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:38 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:03 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:38 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:33 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:20 Sagittarius
- 07:20 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:55 Aquarius
- 10:55 – 12:35 Pisces
- 12:35 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:25 Taurus
- 16:25 – 18:36 Gemini
- 18:36 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 00:50 next day Virgo
- 00:50 – 02:57 next day Libra
- 02:57 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 06:33 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