Chennai panchang, 24 May 2027
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 21:56 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:55
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:53 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:59
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 22:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shubha until 23:54
- Karana Bava until 09:48, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 22:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:53 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:55
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 22:08
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:08 – 05:42 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. 04:12 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:26 Gemini
- 09:26 – 11:35 Cancer
- 11:35 – 13:38 Leo
- 13:38 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:47 Libra
- 17:47 – 19:58 Scorpio
- 19:58 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 23:59 Capricorn
- 23:59 – 01:41 next day Aquarius
- 01:41 – 03:20 next day Pisces
- 03:20 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:42 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