Chennai panchang, 16 April 2027
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:21 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 02:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:38 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 08:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:18 – 05:56 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:26 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:27 – 20:25
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. 04:24 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:22 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:42 Aries
- 07:42 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:50 next day Pisces
- 05:50 – 05:56 next day Aries
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