Chennai panchang, 15 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 03:35 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:00- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:43
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:17
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:38
- Karana Kaulava until 07:07, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:47 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:43
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:34 – 18:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:00 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:34 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:29 Capricorn
- 08:29 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:50 Pisces
- 11:50 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:41 Taurus
- 15:41 – 17:52 Gemini
- 17:52 – 20:02 Cancer
- 20:02 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:06 next day Virgo
- 00:06 – 02:13 next day Libra
- 02:13 – 04:25 next day Scorpio
- 04:25 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 06:36 next day Capricorn
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