Chennai panchang, 8 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 12:50 Bhadrapada 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 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:38
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:14 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:44
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 18:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 03:55 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:44, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:44 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 18:17 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:55 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:38
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. 04:25 – 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) 11:42 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:17 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:35 Cancer
- 04:35 – 06:38 Leo
- 06:38 – 08:39 Virgo
- 08:39 – 10:46 Libra
- 10:46 – 12:58 Scorpio
- 12:58 – 15:05 Sagittarius
- 15:05 – 16:58 Capricorn
- 16:58 – 18:40 Aquarius
- 18:40 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 22:08 Aries
- 22:08 – 00:10 next day Taurus
- 00:10 – 02:21 next day Gemini
- 02:21 – 04:31 next day Cancer
- 04:31 – 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