Chennai panchang, 1 May 2027
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:00 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:16 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 18:43
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 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. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:49 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:56 Gemini
- 10:56 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:17 Libra
- 19:17 – 21:29 Scorpio
- 21:29 – 23:36 Sagittarius
- 23:36 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 05:48 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