Chennai panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 19:02 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:54- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:54
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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) 11:51 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:58 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:54 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:12 Capricorn
- 09:12 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:34 Pisces
- 12:34 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:35 Gemini
- 18:35 – 20:45 Cancer
- 20:45 – 22:48 Leo
- 22:48 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 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