Chennai panchang, 6 January 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 21:00 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 17:55- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:24 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:30
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:55 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:02
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 20:21
- Karana Vishti until 08:02, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:02 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:17 Moon enters Leo
- 19:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:30
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 12:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 08:02
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Char | 09:24 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:39 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:55 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:39 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:14 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:11 Sagittarius
- 07:11 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:46 Aquarius
- 10:46 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:28 Gemini
- 18:28 – 20:37 Cancer
- 20:37 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:41 next day Virgo
- 00:41 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 06:34 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