Chennai panchang, 17 July 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 17:49 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:26
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:48
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 14:23
- Karana Vanija until 18:48, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:23 – 15:21 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. 04:21 – 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 – 08:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 18:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:27 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:54 Gemini
- 05:54 – 08:03 Cancer
- 08:03 – 10:06 Leo
- 10:06 – 12:08 Virgo
- 12:08 – 14:14 Libra
- 14:14 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:26 Capricorn
- 20:26 – 22:08 Aquarius
- 22:08 – 23:48 Pisces
- 23:48 – 01:36 next day Aries
- 01:36 – 03:38 next day Taurus
- 03:38 – 05:50 next day Gemini
- 05:50 – 05:51 next day Cancer
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