Chennai panchang, 13 January 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 01:52 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 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:33
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:21 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:59 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 15:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:06 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 19:04
- Karana Vishti until 15:18, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 15:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:04 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 00:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:33
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:04 – 21:28
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 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:59 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:01 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:52 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:33 | Good |
| Rog | 16:33 – 17:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:33 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:14 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:37 Capricorn
- 08:37 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:58 Pisces
- 11:58 – 13:46 Aries
- 13:46 – 15:49 Taurus
- 15:49 – 18:00 Gemini
- 18:00 – 20:09 Cancer
- 20:09 – 22:12 Leo
- 22:12 – 00:14 next day Virgo
- 00:14 – 02:21 next day Libra
- 02:21 – 04:32 next day Scorpio
- 04:32 – 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