Chennai panchang, 14 April 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 12:23 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:42
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:10
- Karana Bava until 15:24, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:52 – 15:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:57 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:50 Aries
- 07:50 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:57 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