Chennai panchang, 14 July 2027
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 15:15 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:50
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:10
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:18 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 12:49
- Karana Vishti until 13:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:50
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. 04:21 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:50 – 03:18 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 03:18 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:10 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:51 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
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 06:06 Gemini
- 06:06 – 08:15 Cancer
- 08:15 – 10:18 Leo
- 10:18 – 12:19 Virgo
- 12:19 – 14:26 Libra
- 14:26 – 16:38 Scorpio
- 16:38 – 18:45 Sagittarius
- 18:45 – 20:38 Capricorn
- 20:38 – 22:20 Aquarius
- 22:20 – 00:00 next day Pisces
- 00:00 – 01:48 next day Aries
- 01:48 – 03:50 next day Taurus
- 03:50 – 05:51 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