Chennai panchang, 22 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 09:01 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 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:46
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:04 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:28 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:37
- Karana Vanija until 14:41, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:37 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:28 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:41 – 02:28 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:37 – 04:48 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 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 14:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:28 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:08 Sagittarius
- 06:08 – 08:01 Capricorn
- 08:01 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:11 Aries
- 13:11 – 15:13 Taurus
- 15:13 – 17:25 Gemini
- 17:25 – 19:34 Cancer
- 19:34 – 21:37 Leo
- 21:37 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:45 next day Libra
- 01:45 – 03:57 next day Scorpio
- 03:57 – 06:04 next day Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 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