Chennai panchang, 21 December 2027
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 00:26 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 17:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:21
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:25 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:11, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:11 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:33 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:21
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:26 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:49 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:26 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:53 next day Libra
- 03:53 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 06:27 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