Chennai panchang, 10 December 2027
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 14:44 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:16
- 15:12 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 02:53 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 03:59 next day
- Karana Bava until 15:12, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 02:53 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 02:53 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:59 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:35 – 16:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:16
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:21 – 17:54
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:40 Libra
- 04:40 – 06:52 Scorpio
- 06:52 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:14 Pisces
- 14:14 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 18:04 Taurus
- 18:04 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 22:25 Cancer
- 22:25 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:30 next day Virgo
- 02:30 – 04:36 next day Libra
- 04:36 – 06:21 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