Chennai panchang, 20 March 2027
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 16:29 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:17
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 20:45
- Nakshatra Magha until 23:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhriti until 20:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:01, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 20:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:05 – 22:05
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. 04:38 – 05:26
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:45 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:44 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:13 next day | Good |
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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:00 Aquarius
- 06:00 – 07:40 Pisces
- 07:40 – 09:28 Aries
- 09:28 – 11:30 Taurus
- 11:30 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 15:51 Cancer
- 15:51 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 19:55 Virgo
- 19:55 – 22:02 Libra
- 22:02 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:21 next day Sagittarius
- 02:21 – 04:14 next day Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:56 next day Aquarius
- 05:56 – 06:13 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