Chennai panchang, 16 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 18:19 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 18:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:42
- 07:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 13:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 09:30
- Karana Balava until 17:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 09:30 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 13:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:30 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:25 – 15:36
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 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 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 10:14 Libra
- 10:14 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:33 Sagittarius
- 14:33 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 18:08 Aquarius
- 18:08 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:38 Taurus
- 23:38 – 01:50 next day Gemini
- 01:50 – 03:59 next day Cancer
- 03:59 – 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