Chennai panchang, 21 October 2027
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 22:52 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:25
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:46 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:43
- Nakshatra Ardra until 21:32 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:10 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:43, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:32 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 21:32
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 21:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:32 – 06:01 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:32 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:01 next day | Good |
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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:50 Virgo
- 05:50 – 07:57 Libra
- 07:57 – 10:09 Scorpio
- 10:09 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:09 Capricorn
- 14:09 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:31 Pisces
- 17:31 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:21 Taurus
- 21:21 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 01:42 next day Cancer
- 01:42 – 03:45 next day Leo
- 03:45 – 05:46 next day Virgo
- 05:46 – 06:01 next day Libra
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