Chennai panchang, 9 January 2027
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 07:35 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:06
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:07 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 16:15
- Karana Balava until 17:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:15 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 17:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:50
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:15 – 17:27
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 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:16 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 08:00 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:50 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:50 – 12:15 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:56 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:06 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:53 Scorpio
- 04:53 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:35 Aquarius
- 10:35 – 12:15 Pisces
- 12:15 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:17 Gemini
- 18:17 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 22:29 Leo
- 22:29 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 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