Chennai panchang, 24 September 2027
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 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 18:03- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:32
- 13:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:55 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 15:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:52
- Karana Taitila until 13:59, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:52 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:55 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:32
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:52 – 07:22 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:32 | Bad |
| Char | 16:32 – 18:03 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:03 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:32 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 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)
- 04:23 – 05:35 Leo
- 05:35 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:43 Libra
- 09:43 – 11:55 Scorpio
- 11:55 – 14:02 Sagittarius
- 14:02 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:17 Pisces
- 19:17 – 21:05 Aries
- 21:05 – 23:07 Taurus
- 23:07 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:31 next day Leo
- 05:31 – 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