Chennai panchang, 6 January 2027
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 05:15 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 17:55- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:39
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 23:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:08 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:32
- Karana Vishti until 09:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 23:14 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:39
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:39 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:04 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:55 – 19:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:39 | Good |
| Char | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:34 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 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:55 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:05 Scorpio
- 05:05 – 07:12 Sagittarius
- 07:12 – 09:05 Capricorn
- 09:05 – 10:47 Aquarius
- 10:47 – 12:27 Pisces
- 12:27 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:38 Cancer
- 20:38 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:42 next day Virgo
- 00:42 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 05:01 next day Scorpio
- 05:01 – 06:34 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