Chennai panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:16 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:14
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:28, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 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 – 07:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:40 Taurus
- 09:40 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:12 Libra
- 20:12 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:46 next day Pisces
- 05:46 – 05:55 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