Chennai panchang, 22 December 2027
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:19 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:32
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:41
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:09 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 13:28
- Karana Vanija until 12:05, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:05 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:14 Moon enters Libra
- 13:28 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 23:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:28 – 15:52
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:46 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:15 Aries
- 15:15 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 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