Chennai panchang, 8 March 2027
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 06:06 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:50 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:17 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 14:59
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 02:43 next day
- Karana Naga until 14:59, then Kimstughna
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 14:59 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 02:43 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 03:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:50 | Good |
| Rog | 10:50 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:50 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:21 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. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:05 Capricorn
- 05:05 – 06:47 Aquarius
- 06:47 – 08:27 Pisces
- 08:27 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:17 Taurus
- 12:17 – 14:29 Gemini
- 14:29 – 16:38 Cancer
- 16:38 – 18:41 Leo
- 18:41 – 20:43 Virgo
- 20:43 – 22:49 Libra
- 22:49 – 01:01 next day Scorpio
- 01:01 – 03:08 next day Sagittarius
- 03:08 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:21 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