Chennai panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 04:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:53 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:35
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:00 to 06:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 04:55 – 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 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:36 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:53 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Char | 16:35 – 18:00 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:00 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:35 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:25 Capricorn
- 08:25 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 11:46 Pisces
- 11:46 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:37 Taurus
- 15:37 – 17:48 Gemini
- 17:48 – 19:58 Cancer
- 19:58 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:02 next day Virgo
- 00:02 – 02:09 next day Libra
- 02:09 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 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