Chennai panchang, 29 May 2027
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 00:32 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 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:42 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:42 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:18
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 08:20
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:42 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:43 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:20, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 08:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:09 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:34 – 04:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:42 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:18
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 18:30 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:20 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:53 Aries
- 04:53 – 06:55 Taurus
- 06:55 – 09:06 Gemini
- 09:06 – 11:16 Cancer
- 11:16 – 13:19 Leo
- 13:19 – 15:20 Virgo
- 15:20 – 17:27 Libra
- 17:27 – 19:39 Scorpio
- 19:39 – 21:46 Sagittarius
- 21:46 – 23:39 Capricorn
- 23:39 – 01:21 next day Aquarius
- 01:21 – 03:01 next day Pisces
- 03:01 – 04:49 next day Aries
- 04:49 – 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