Chennai panchang, 17 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 18:56 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:36
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 15:29 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 09:27
- Karana Taitila until 18:21, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:27 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:29 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:21 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
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 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:29 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:29 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:01 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 10:10 Libra
- 10:10 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:29 Sagittarius
- 14:29 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 19:44 Pisces
- 19:44 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:35 Taurus
- 23:35 – 01:46 next day Gemini
- 01:46 – 03:55 next day Cancer
- 03:55 – 05:58 next day Leo
- 05:58 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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