Chennai panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 19:08 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 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:46
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:15 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:46
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:16 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:02 Virgo
- 10:02 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:27 Sagittarius
- 16:27 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 21:42 Pisces
- 21:42 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:53 next day Cancer
- 05:53 – 05:57 next day Leo
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