Chennai panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 05:20 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 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:10
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:01 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:10
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:31 Aries
- 13:31 – 15:33 Taurus
- 15:33 – 17:44 Gemini
- 17:44 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 23:58 Virgo
- 23:58 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 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