Chennai panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 20:03 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:58 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:38
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:54 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:47
- Karana Gara until 09:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02 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. 04:52 – 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 06:33 – 13:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:58 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:54 | Good |
| Char | 17:54 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:33 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:15 Sagittarius
- 07:15 – 09:08 Capricorn
- 09:08 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:30 Pisces
- 12:30 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:32 Gemini
- 18:32 – 20:41 Cancer
- 20:41 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 00:45 next day Virgo
- 00:45 – 02:52 next day Libra
- 02:52 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 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