Chennai panchang, 16 June 2027
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 16:25 Jyeshtha 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 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- 06:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:09
- Karana Kaulava until 14:52, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 19:44 – 05:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:44 – 05:43 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:44 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 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
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 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)
- 04:14 – 05:44 Taurus
- 05:44 – 07:56 Gemini
- 07:56 – 10:05 Cancer
- 10:05 – 12:08 Leo
- 12:08 – 14:09 Virgo
- 14:09 – 16:16 Libra
- 16:16 – 18:28 Scorpio
- 18:28 – 20:35 Sagittarius
- 20:35 – 22:28 Capricorn
- 22:28 – 00:10 next day Aquarius
- 00:10 – 01:50 next day Pisces
- 01:50 – 03:38 next day Aries
- 03:38 – 05:40 next day Taurus
- 05:40 – 05:43 next day Gemini
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