Chennai panchang, 18 April 2027
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 16:09 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:21
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:21 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:58
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:58 – 01:34 next day
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 – 05:09
- 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 18:21 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:15 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 05:55 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:36 Taurus
- 09:36 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:08 Libra
- 20:08 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 05:42 next day Pisces
- 05:42 – 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