Chennai panchang, 5 April 2027
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 04:40 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:32 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 09:47
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:32 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:23 – 11:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:11
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 17:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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. 04:29 – 05:16
- 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
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:05 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:37 Pisces
- 06:37 – 08:25 Aries
- 08:25 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:39 Gemini
- 12:39 – 14:48 Cancer
- 14:48 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 18:53 Virgo
- 18:53 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:11 Scorpio
- 23:11 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 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