Chennai panchang, 17 January 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 12:47 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 18:01- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:01
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:27
- Nakshatra Bharani until 22:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:23
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:42 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:01
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 22:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:40 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:40 – 10:40
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) 11:56 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:36 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:02 – 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:29 Sagittarius
- 06:29 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 10:04 Aquarius
- 10:04 – 11:44 Pisces
- 11:44 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:34 Taurus
- 15:34 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 19:55 Cancer
- 19:55 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 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