Chennai panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 17:55 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:29, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 23:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 23:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:13 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:10 Aquarius
- 20:10 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:40 next day Taurus
- 01:40 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 05:57 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