Chennai panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 08:22 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:20 – 13:46
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:03 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:20 | Good |
| Rog | 12:20 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:12 Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 08:05 Capricorn
- 08:05 – 09:47 Aquarius
- 09:47 – 11:27 Pisces
- 11:27 – 13:15 Aries
- 13:15 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:42 Virgo
- 23:42 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:08 next day Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 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