Chennai panchang, 1 August 2027
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 04:27 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta 16:53 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 17:00 – 18:35
- 09:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:48 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:35 to 05:55 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:20 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:20
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:05 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 22:43
- Karana Vishti until 09:10, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:48 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:20 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:05 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:53 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:00 – 18:35
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. 04:24 – 05:09
- 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 18:35 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:05 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:00 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:00 – 21:25 | Good |
| Char | 21:25 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:25 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 07:04 Cancer
- 07:04 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:09 Virgo
- 11:09 – 13:15 Libra
- 13:15 – 15:27 Scorpio
- 15:27 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 22:49 Pisces
- 22:49 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:39 next day Taurus
- 02:39 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 05:55 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