Chennai panchang, 26 December 2027
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 05:02 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:18 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:49
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:49 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:23 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:14 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 08:27
- Karana Vishti until 11:54, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:23 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:23 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 03:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:27 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:18 – 17:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:49
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 03:14 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. 04:47 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:14 – 06:29 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:14 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:49 Scorpio
- 05:49 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:50 Capricorn
- 09:50 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:11 Pisces
- 13:11 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:01 Taurus
- 17:01 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:22 Cancer
- 21:22 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 06:29 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