Chennai panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 16:48 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 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:57 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:02 – 16:28
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:53 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:28
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:57 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:27 Sagittarius
- 07:27 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 11:02 Aquarius
- 11:02 – 12:42 Pisces
- 12:42 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 20:53 Cancer
- 20:53 – 22:56 Leo
- 22:56 – 00:57 next day Virgo
- 00:57 – 03:04 next day Libra
- 03:04 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 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