Chennai panchang, 13 January 2027
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 10:05 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 17:59- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:42
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:59 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:02
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 17:54
- Karana Balava until 13:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:54 – 05:38 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 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:59 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 22:04 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:42 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:08 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 17:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:59 – 19:33 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:44 Sagittarius
- 06:44 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:20 Aquarius
- 10:20 – 11:59 Pisces
- 11:59 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:50 Taurus
- 15:50 – 18:01 Gemini
- 18:01 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:13 Leo
- 22:13 – 00:15 next day Virgo
- 00:15 – 02:22 next day Libra
- 02:22 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 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