Chennai panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 10:18 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 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:13
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:05 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 14:01
- Karana Kaulava until 13:16, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
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 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:16 – 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) 11:58 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 10:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:16 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:20 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:28 – 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
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:34 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)
- 04:56 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 09:35 Aquarius
- 09:35 – 11:15 Pisces
- 11:15 – 13:03 Aries
- 13:03 – 15:05 Taurus
- 15:05 – 17:17 Gemini
- 17:17 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:29 Leo
- 21:29 – 23:31 Virgo
- 23:31 – 01:37 next day Libra
- 01:37 – 03:49 next day Scorpio
- 03:49 – 05:56 next day Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 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