Chennai panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 17:55 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:21 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:57 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 17:47
- Karana Vishti until 16:21, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:47 – 18:59
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. 04:22 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:27 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:38 Pisces
- 05:38 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:28 Taurus
- 09:28 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 22:12 Scorpio
- 22:12 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:34 next day Pisces
- 05:34 – 05:54 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