Chennai panchang, 17 February 2027
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 14:34 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:29 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 02:38 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:58, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:29 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:38 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:53 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:32 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:31 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 08:02 Aquarius
- 08:02 – 09:42 Pisces
- 09:42 – 11:30 Aries
- 11:30 – 13:32 Taurus
- 13:32 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 17:53 Cancer
- 17:53 – 19:56 Leo
- 19:56 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:23 next day Sagittarius
- 04:23 – 06:16 next day Capricorn
- 06:16 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
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