Chennai panchang, 8 December 2027
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 13:22 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:25
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 02:59 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 06:57
- Karana Taitila until 14:30, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 14:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 02:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:57 – 06:34 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:25
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:13 – 06:20 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. 04:38 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:48 Libra
- 04:48 – 07:00 Scorpio
- 07:00 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:10 Aries
- 16:10 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:44 next day Libra
- 04:44 – 06:20 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