Chennai panchang, 8 January 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:52 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:59 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:31
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:59 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:34 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 15:22
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:14, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:59 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:31
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 04:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 07:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:59 – 09:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:24 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:15 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:05 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:31 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:31 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:05 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:25 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:57 Scorpio
- 04:57 – 07:04 Sagittarius
- 07:04 – 08:57 Capricorn
- 08:57 – 10:39 Aquarius
- 10:39 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:21 Gemini
- 18:21 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 22:33 Leo
- 22:33 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:41 next day Libra
- 02:41 – 04:53 next day Scorpio
- 04:53 – 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