Chennai panchang, 21 April 2027
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 18:50 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:10
- Karana Balava until 15:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:30 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:27 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:53 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 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:24 Taurus
- 09:24 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 05:53 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