Chennai panchang, 2 April 2027
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 02:48 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:47
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 06:05 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 09:41
- Karana Bava until 13:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:33 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
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. 04:31 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 12:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:05 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:05 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
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:07 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
- 06:05 NowVenus
- 07:05 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:05 NowJupiter
- 18:05 NowMars
- 19:05 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:49 Pisces
- 06:49 – 08:37 Aries
- 08:37 – 10:39 Taurus
- 10:39 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:00 Cancer
- 15:00 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:23 Scorpio
- 23:23 – 01:30 next day Sagittarius
- 01:30 – 03:23 next day Capricorn
- 03:23 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:05 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