Chennai panchang, 13 October 2027
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 16:18 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 17:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:23
- 14:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:48
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:59 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:31
- Karana Taitila until 17:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:31 Moon enters Pisces
- 16:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:23
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:59 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:50 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:28 Libra
- 08:28 – 10:40 Scorpio
- 10:40 – 12:47 Sagittarius
- 12:47 – 14:40 Capricorn
- 14:40 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 18:02 Pisces
- 18:02 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:52 Taurus
- 21:52 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:13 next day Cancer
- 02:13 – 04:16 next day Leo
- 04:16 – 06:00 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