Chennai panchang, 4 April 2027
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 04:04 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:19
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 10:14
- Karana Gara until 17:00, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:23 – 11:32 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 17:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:35 – 11:45
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. 04:30 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:04 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:36 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:05 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:05 NowMercury
- 06:04 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:04 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:04 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:01 Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:41 Pisces
- 06:41 – 08:29 Aries
- 08:29 – 10:31 Taurus
- 10:31 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 14:52 Cancer
- 14:52 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:03 Libra
- 21:03 – 23:15 Scorpio
- 23:15 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:03 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