Chennai panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 10:17 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:35
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 08:38, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:48 – 19:12
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:59 – 13:34
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. 04:26 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- 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 05:59 – 13:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 13:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:30 Aquarius
- 04:30 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 10:00 Taurus
- 10:00 – 12:11 Gemini
- 12:11 – 14:20 Cancer
- 14:20 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:44 Scorpio
- 22:44 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:58 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