Chennai panchang, 20 December 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:45 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:45- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:30
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:05 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 17:56
- Karana Balava until 14:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:56 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:30
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:45 | Good |
| Char | 17:45 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
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