Chennai panchang, 3 December 2027
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 10:21 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:14
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 16:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:17 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 16:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:17 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 05:34 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:17 – 07:53 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. 04:36 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 05:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 13:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:13 – 06:17 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:07 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:07 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:08 Libra
- 05:08 – 07:20 Scorpio
- 07:20 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 13:02 Aquarius
- 13:02 – 14:41 Pisces
- 14:41 – 16:30 Aries
- 16:30 – 18:32 Taurus
- 18:32 – 20:43 Gemini
- 20:43 – 22:53 Cancer
- 22:53 – 00:56 next day Leo
- 00:56 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:04 next day Libra
- 05:04 – 06:17 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