Chennai panchang, 16 December 2027
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 20:39 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:24 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:28
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:44 to 06:24 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:22
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:13 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:42
- Karana Vishti until 13:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:11 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:45 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:24 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:11 – 02:47 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. 04:42 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 09:13
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:24 – 09:13
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 09:13 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:13 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:41 Taurus
- 17:41 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:24 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