Chennai panchang, 19 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 06:57 Magha 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 18:02- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:59 – 15:45
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:02 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:14 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 11:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 20:45
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 13:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 02:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:59 – 15:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:36 – 13:34
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 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:02 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:52 – 06:36 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:34 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:36 – 18:02 | Good |
| Char | 18:02 – 19:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:36 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:05 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:05 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:20 Sagittarius
- 06:20 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 21:49 Leo
- 21:49 – 23:50 Virgo
- 23:50 – 01:57 next day Libra
- 01:57 – 04:09 next day Scorpio
- 04:09 – 06:16 next day Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 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