Chennai panchang, 4 October 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 09:44 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:32
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:56 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:36 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 00:44 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 12:25
- Karana Bava until 13:26, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:32
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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 00:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:44 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:26 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:55 Leo
- 04:55 – 06:57 Virgo
- 06:57 – 09:04 Libra
- 09:04 – 11:16 Scorpio
- 11:16 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:37 Pisces
- 18:37 – 20:25 Aries
- 20:25 – 22:28 Taurus
- 22:28 – 00:39 next day Gemini
- 00:39 – 02:49 next day Cancer
- 02:49 – 04:51 next day Leo
- 04:51 – 05:59 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