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Panchang for Chennai — 16 April 2027

Shukla Dashami tithi, Ashlesha nakshatra · Friday · Tamil Nadu (13.0827°, 80.2707°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2084 (Raudri)Shaka Samvat 1949Mesha (Chaitra)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Chennai (13.0827°, 80.2707°)'s own sunrise — 05:56 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Dashamiuntil 11:22 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraAshlesha · pada 4until 08:18 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaGandauntil 02:58 AMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaGarauntil 11:22 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:56 AM
Sunset06:22 PM
Moonrise02:24 PM
Moonset02:15 AM
Moon inCancer
Sun inAries
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:44 AM – 12:33 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:20 AM – 05:08 AM
Amrit Kalam06:43 AM – 08:14 AM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:35 AM – 12:09 PM
Gulika Kalam07:29 AM – 09:02 AM
Yamaganda03:15 PM – 04:48 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta10:54 AM – 11:44 AM
Durmuhurta02:13 PM – 03:03 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara05:56 AM – 07:29 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:29 AM – 09:02 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:02 AM – 10:35 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:35 AM – 12:09 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:09 PM – 01:42 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:42 PM – 03:15 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:15 PM – 04:48 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:48 PM – 06:22 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:22 PM – 07:48 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:48 PM – 09:15 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:15 PM – 10:42 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:42 PM – 12:09 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:09 AM – 01:35 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:35 AM – 03:02 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:02 AM – 04:29 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:29 AM – 05:56 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle