Chennai panchang, 1 December 2027
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 08:54 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:41 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:23
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:39 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:39
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 02:41 next day
- Karana Gara until 11:39, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:22 – 04:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 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. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:41 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:16 Libra
- 05:16 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:35 Sagittarius
- 09:35 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 13:10 Aquarius
- 13:10 – 14:49 Pisces
- 14:49 – 16:37 Aries
- 16:37 – 18:40 Taurus
- 18:40 – 20:51 Gemini
- 20:51 – 23:00 Cancer
- 23:00 – 01:03 next day Leo
- 01:03 – 03:05 next day Virgo
- 03:05 – 05:12 next day Libra
- 05:12 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
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