Chennai panchang, 5 January 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 04:23 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:23 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:04 – 16:29
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:40
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:07 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 12:43
- Karana Gara until 07:26, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:07 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:29
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:58 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:23 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:23 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:04 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:04 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:54 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 21:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:04 – 22:39 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:09 Scorpio
- 05:09 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 09:09 Capricorn
- 09:09 – 10:51 Aquarius
- 10:51 – 12:31 Pisces
- 12:31 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:33 Gemini
- 18:33 – 20:42 Cancer
- 20:42 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:05 next day Scorpio
- 05:05 – 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