Chennai panchang, 26 May 2027
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 23:19 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 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:05 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 02:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:19 – 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:29 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:05 – 05:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:19 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:04 Aries
- 05:04 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:18 Gemini
- 09:18 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:30 Leo
- 13:30 – 15:32 Virgo
- 15:32 – 17:39 Libra
- 17:39 – 19:51 Scorpio
- 19:51 – 21:58 Sagittarius
- 21:58 – 23:51 Capricorn
- 23:51 – 01:33 next day Aquarius
- 01:33 – 03:12 next day Pisces
- 03:12 – 05:00 next day Aries
- 05:00 – 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