Chennai panchang, 16 May 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 14:56 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:26
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:26 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 02:42 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:13, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:31 – 05:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:26
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. 04:13 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 11:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 11:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:35 – 05:44 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:35 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:44 Aries
- 05:44 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:07 Cancer
- 12:07 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 18:18 Libra
- 18:18 – 20:30 Scorpio
- 20:30 – 22:37 Sagittarius
- 22:37 – 00:30 next day Capricorn
- 00:30 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 03:52 next day Pisces
- 03:52 – 05:40 next day Aries
- 05:40 – 05:44 next day Taurus
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