Chennai panchang, 22 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 22:55 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 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:32
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:04 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:37 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:00 next day
- Karana Vishti until 17:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:52 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:32 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:00 – 23:35 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. 04:23 – 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) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 17:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 17:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 04:37 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:52 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Char | 15:03 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 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
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:44 Virgo
- 07:44 – 09:51 Libra
- 09:51 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 17:45 Aquarius
- 17:45 – 19:25 Pisces
- 19:25 – 21:13 Aries
- 21:13 – 23:15 Taurus
- 23:15 – 01:26 next day Gemini
- 01:26 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 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