Chennai panchang, 12 March 2027
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 08:42 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:57
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:22 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 21:34
- Karana Vishti until 14:57, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:34 – 19:30 next day
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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:19 – 11:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 11:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:19 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:50 Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:32 Aquarius
- 06:32 – 08:11 Pisces
- 08:11 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 12:02 Taurus
- 12:02 – 14:13 Gemini
- 14:13 – 16:22 Cancer
- 16:22 – 18:25 Leo
- 18:25 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:34 Libra
- 22:34 – 00:45 next day Scorpio
- 00:45 – 02:53 next day Sagittarius
- 02:53 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:18 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