Chennai panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 07:41 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 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:42
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:11 – 16:37
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:36 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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Char | 09:28 – 10:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:54 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Rog | 16:37 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:11 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:19 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 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 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:11 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:11 NowSun
- 22:14 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:36 NowVenus
- 09:36 NowMercury
- 10:36 NowMoon
- 11:36 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:36 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:36 NowSaturn
- 02:36 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:09 Capricorn
- 08:09 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:31 Pisces
- 11:31 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:42 Cancer
- 19:42 – 21:45 Leo
- 21:45 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:05 next day Scorpio
- 04:05 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 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