Chennai panchang, 16 March 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 12:23 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:18 to 06:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:13 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:50
- Karana Bava until 08:54, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:13 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 08:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:54 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 08:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:13 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:47 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Char | 09:17 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:46 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:16 Aquarius
- 06:16 – 07:56 Pisces
- 07:56 – 09:44 Aries
- 09:44 – 11:46 Taurus
- 11:46 – 13:57 Gemini
- 13:57 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:18 Libra
- 22:18 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:12 next day Aquarius
- 06:12 – 06:16 next day Pisces
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