Chennai panchang, 19 May 2027
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 17:36 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 12:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 23:00
- Karana Vanija until 16:03, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:00 – 10:43 next day
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 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:27 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 12:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:34 Taurus
- 07:34 – 09:46 Gemini
- 09:46 – 11:55 Cancer
- 11:55 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:06 Libra
- 18:06 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:25 Sagittarius
- 22:25 – 00:18 next day Capricorn
- 00:18 – 02:00 next day Aquarius
- 02:00 – 03:40 next day Pisces
- 03:40 – 05:28 next day Aries
- 05:28 – 05:43 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