Chennai panchang, 20 February 2027
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 17:47 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:14- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:30 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:18
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:07 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:14 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 16:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 15:08
- Karana Vanija until 08:00, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:08 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 16:07 Moon enters Leo
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:00 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:08 – 17:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:07 – 18:25
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. 04:52 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 16:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 08:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:30 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:14 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:30 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. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:30 NowVenus
- 11:30 NowMercury
- 12:30 NowMoon
- 13:30 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:30 NowJupiter
- 22:30 NowMars
- 23:30 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:30 NowVenus
- 01:30 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 07:50 Aquarius
- 07:50 – 09:30 Pisces
- 09:30 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:20 Taurus
- 13:20 – 15:32 Gemini
- 15:32 – 17:41 Cancer
- 17:41 – 19:44 Leo
- 19:44 – 21:45 Virgo
- 21:45 – 23:52 Libra
- 23:52 – 02:04 next day Scorpio
- 02:04 – 04:11 next day Sagittarius
- 04:11 – 06:04 next day Capricorn
- 06:04 – 06:30 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