Chennai panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 13:40 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:44
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:33
- Karana Gara until 10:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:44
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- 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 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:25 Sagittarius
- 06:25 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:40 Pisces
- 11:40 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:30 Taurus
- 15:30 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 19:51 Cancer
- 19:51 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 04:14 next day Scorpio
- 04:14 – 06:21 next day Sagittarius
- 06:21 – 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