Chennai panchang, 17 March 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 13:27 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:47
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 06:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:53
- Karana Kaulava until 06:44, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:45 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:34 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:47 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:47 – 08:11 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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 05:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:15 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 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:12 Aquarius
- 06:12 – 07:52 Pisces
- 07:52 – 09:40 Aries
- 09:40 – 11:42 Taurus
- 11:42 – 13:53 Gemini
- 13:53 – 16:03 Cancer
- 16:03 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:33 next day Sagittarius
- 02:33 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:08 next day Aquarius
- 06:08 – 06:15 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