Chennai panchang, 3 March 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 02:44 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:51 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:49
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:24 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:34 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:05, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 18:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 01:06 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:20 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:07 – 01:06 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:49
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. 04:47 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:51 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:24 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. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:25 Capricorn
- 05:25 – 07:07 Aquarius
- 07:07 – 08:47 Pisces
- 08:47 – 10:35 Aries
- 10:35 – 12:37 Taurus
- 12:37 – 14:48 Gemini
- 14:48 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 19:01 Leo
- 19:01 – 21:02 Virgo
- 21:02 – 23:09 Libra
- 23:09 – 01:21 next day Scorpio
- 01:21 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:21 next day Capricorn
- 05:21 – 06:24 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