Chennai panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 17:56 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:03
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:53 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 04:51 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:28 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:28 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:38 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:58 – 06:33 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 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:23 Sagittarius
- 07:23 – 09:16 Capricorn
- 09:16 – 10:58 Aquarius
- 10:58 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:26 Aries
- 14:26 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:39 Gemini
- 18:39 – 20:49 Cancer
- 20:49 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 00:53 next day Virgo
- 00:53 – 03:00 next day Libra
- 03:00 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 06:33 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