Chennai panchang, 16 January 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 12:01 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:00- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:09
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 23:38 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:38
- Karana Bava until 13:43, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:38 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:10 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:09
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:43 – 06:36 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 23:38 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:00 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:33 Sagittarius
- 06:33 – 08:26 Capricorn
- 08:26 – 10:08 Aquarius
- 10:08 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:36 Aries
- 13:36 – 15:38 Taurus
- 15:38 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 19:59 Cancer
- 19:59 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:03 next day Virgo
- 00:03 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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