Chennai panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 06:39 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam 09:06 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:20 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:10 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:25 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:57
- Rahu 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. 04:28 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:01 – 17:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:34 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:06 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:33 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:04 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:45 Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:15 Taurus
- 10:15 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 18:41 Virgo
- 18:41 – 20:47 Libra
- 20:47 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:41 next day Aquarius
- 04:41 – 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