Chennai panchang, 1 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 15:42 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:52- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:36
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:12
- Karana Kaulava until 12:06, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:06 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:12 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:48 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:36
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 22:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:48 – 06:32 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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:48 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Char | 10:47 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:27 – 17:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:52 – 19:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:27 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:24 Capricorn
- 09:24 – 11:06 Aquarius
- 11:06 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:33 Aries
- 14:33 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 20:57 Cancer
- 20:57 – 23:00 Leo
- 23:00 – 01:01 next day Virgo
- 01:01 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 06:32 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