Chennai panchang, 8 May 2027
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 07:06 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 05:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:43
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 05:51
- Karana Kaulava until 11:43, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:51 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:43 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 22:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:37 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:51 – 08:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:30
- 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. 04:15 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:46 – 21:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 21:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:53 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:27 Pisces
- 04:27 – 06:15 Aries
- 06:15 – 08:17 Taurus
- 08:17 – 10:29 Gemini
- 10:29 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:49 Libra
- 18:49 – 21:01 Scorpio
- 21:01 – 23:08 Sagittarius
- 23:08 – 01:02 next day Capricorn
- 01:02 – 02:43 next day Aquarius
- 02:43 – 04:23 next day Pisces
- 04:23 – 05:46 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