Chennai panchang, 24 March 2027
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:08 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:46
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 13:14
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:15
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:33 Moon enters Libra
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 00:51 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:15 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:51 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
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. 04:36 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:11 – 13:14
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:44 Aquarius
- 05:44 – 07:24 Pisces
- 07:24 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:14 Taurus
- 11:14 – 13:26 Gemini
- 13:26 – 15:35 Cancer
- 15:35 – 17:38 Leo
- 17:38 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:46 Libra
- 21:46 – 23:58 Scorpio
- 23:58 – 02:05 next day Sagittarius
- 02:05 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:40 next day Aquarius
- 05:40 – 06:11 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