Chennai panchang, 21 August 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 20:55 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:19
- 07:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:26 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 09:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 02:54 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:33, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 20:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:04 – 05:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:54 – 05:18 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:39 – 05:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:23 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:19 – 02:27 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. 04:25 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:26 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:45 Cancer
- 05:45 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 09:50 Virgo
- 09:50 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 05:42 next day Cancer
- 05:42 – 05:58 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