Chennai panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 01:03 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:51 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:42
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:58 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:42
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 04:54 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:35 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:51 | Good |
| Rog | 10:51 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:33 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:33 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:01 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:01 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:47 Sagittarius
- 06:47 – 08:41 Capricorn
- 08:41 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 12:02 Pisces
- 12:02 – 13:50 Aries
- 13:50 – 15:52 Taurus
- 15:52 – 18:04 Gemini
- 18:04 – 20:13 Cancer
- 20:13 – 22:16 Leo
- 22:16 – 00:18 next day Virgo
- 00:18 – 02:25 next day Libra
- 02:25 – 04:36 next day Scorpio
- 04:36 – 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