Chennai panchang, 10 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:57 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:35 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:07
- 08:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:57 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:24
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 16:58
- Karana Bava until 08:24, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 21:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:52 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 15:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:40 – 06:35 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 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:35 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:32 – 17:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:57 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:32 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:16 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:49 Capricorn
- 08:49 – 10:30 Aquarius
- 10:30 – 12:10 Pisces
- 12:10 – 13:58 Aries
- 13:58 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:21 Cancer
- 20:21 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:26 next day Virgo
- 00:26 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:44 next day Scorpio
- 04:44 – 06:35 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