Chennai panchang, 6 December 2027
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 12:11 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:24
- 10:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:00 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 06:47 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:52, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:00 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:37 – 10:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:10 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:24
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:56 Libra
- 04:56 – 07:08 Scorpio
- 07:08 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:30 Pisces
- 14:30 – 16:18 Aries
- 16:18 – 18:20 Taurus
- 18:20 – 20:32 Gemini
- 20:32 – 22:41 Cancer
- 22:41 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 06:19 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