Chennai panchang, 19 March 2027
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 15:31 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:29
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:48
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:18 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:19
- Karana Bava until 12:34, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 01:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:31 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 01:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:31 – 06:14 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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:14 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:04 Aquarius
- 06:04 – 07:44 Pisces
- 07:44 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:34 Taurus
- 11:34 – 13:46 Gemini
- 13:46 – 15:55 Cancer
- 15:55 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:06 Libra
- 22:06 – 00:18 next day Scorpio
- 00:18 – 02:25 next day Sagittarius
- 02:25 – 04:18 next day Capricorn
- 04:18 – 06:00 next day Aquarius
- 06:00 – 06:14 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