Chennai panchang, 24 December 2027
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 03:09 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:23
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:50 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:17
- Karana Kaulava until 11:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:17 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:39 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:23
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:47 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:47 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:04 Sagittarius
- 08:04 – 09:57 Capricorn
- 09:57 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:09 Taurus
- 17:09 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:41 next day Libra
- 03:41 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 06:28 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