Chennai panchang, 28 January 2027
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 23:40 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:26 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:32 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:58
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:26 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 18:58
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 00:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:48 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:21 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 07:39 Capricorn
- 07:39 – 09:21 Aquarius
- 09:21 – 11:00 Pisces
- 11:00 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 14:51 Taurus
- 14:51 – 17:02 Gemini
- 17:02 – 19:11 Cancer
- 19:11 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 01:23 next day Libra
- 01:23 – 03:35 next day Scorpio
- 03:35 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 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