Chennai panchang, 8 January 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 22:41 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:56- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:40
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:56 to 06:34 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:05 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:25
- Karana Gara until 18:43, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:39 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:40
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 06:34 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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:34 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Char | 10:50 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 17:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:50 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:34 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:34 NowMoon
- 12:34 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:34 NowSun
- 23:34 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMercury
- 01:34 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:56 Scorpio
- 04:56 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:38 Aquarius
- 10:38 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 14:06 Aries
- 14:06 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:20 Gemini
- 18:20 – 20:29 Cancer
- 20:29 – 22:32 Leo
- 22:32 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:40 next day Libra
- 02:40 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 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