Chennai panchang, 11 December 2027
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 15:32 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 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:26 – 14:51
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:38 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 01:49 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 14:23, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 23:27 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:49 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:51
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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:38 – 06:22 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:43 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:22 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:48 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:48 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:49 Capricorn
- 10:49 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 14:10 Pisces
- 14:10 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 18:00 Taurus
- 18:00 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:21 Cancer
- 22:21 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:32 next day Libra
- 04:32 – 06:22 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