Chennai panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 05:56 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:34 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:43
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 07:26
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:58, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:26 – 05:36 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:34 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:36 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 18:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:25 – 06:01 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. 04:28 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:34 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:06 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:34 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 06:29 Pisces
- 06:29 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:19 Taurus
- 10:19 – 12:31 Gemini
- 12:31 – 14:40 Cancer
- 14:40 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 20:51 Libra
- 20:51 – 23:03 Scorpio
- 23:03 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 03:04 next day Capricorn
- 03:04 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:01 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