Chennai panchang, 12 January 2027
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 09:29 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:33
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:58 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:29
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:14 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:57
- Karana Vishti until 11:29, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:57 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:20 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:38 – 17:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:32 – 11:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:33
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 20:14
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 06:35 next day
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. 04:54 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:58 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:35 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:00 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:26 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:51 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:07 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 17:58 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:33 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:33 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:48 Sagittarius
- 06:48 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:23 Aquarius
- 10:23 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:05 Gemini
- 18:05 – 20:14 Cancer
- 20:14 – 22:17 Leo
- 22:17 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:26 next day Libra
- 02:26 – 04:37 next day Scorpio
- 04:37 – 06:35 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