Chennai panchang, 18 July 2027
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 18:34 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:38
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:14 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 21:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 21:14 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 16:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:38
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. 04:22 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:18 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 05:52 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 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:50 Gemini
- 05:50 – 07:59 Cancer
- 07:59 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 12:04 Virgo
- 12:04 – 14:10 Libra
- 14:10 – 16:22 Scorpio
- 16:22 – 18:29 Sagittarius
- 18:29 – 20:23 Capricorn
- 20:23 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 23:44 Pisces
- 23:44 – 01:32 next day Aries
- 01:32 – 03:34 next day Taurus
- 03:34 – 05:46 next day Gemini
- 05:46 – 05:52 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