Chennai panchang, 16 July 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 17:00 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:02
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:35
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 13:35
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
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 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:58 Gemini
- 05:58 – 08:07 Cancer
- 08:07 – 10:10 Leo
- 10:10 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 14:18 Libra
- 14:18 – 16:30 Scorpio
- 16:30 – 18:37 Sagittarius
- 18:37 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 22:12 Aquarius
- 22:12 – 23:52 Pisces
- 23:52 – 01:40 next day Aries
- 01:40 – 03:42 next day Taurus
- 03:42 – 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