Chennai panchang, 21 March 2027
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 17:25 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:16 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:22
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 16:58
- Karana Gara until 07:32, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 05:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:16 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 19:22
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:22 – 03:44 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 00:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 23:58 – 01:55 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. 04:38 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 22:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:13 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:14 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:16 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:43 – 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
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
- 06:13 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:56 Aquarius
- 05:56 – 07:36 Pisces
- 07:36 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:26 Taurus
- 11:26 – 13:38 Gemini
- 13:38 – 15:47 Cancer
- 15:47 – 17:50 Leo
- 17:50 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 21:58 Libra
- 21:58 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:17 next day Sagittarius
- 02:17 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
- 05:52 – 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