Chennai panchang, 26 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 11:43 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 18:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:11
- Karana Vishti until 10:17, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:11 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:33 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:19 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:39 – 15:38
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 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:29 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:06 | Good |
| Char | 18:06 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 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
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:06 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:34 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)
- 04:56 – 05:52 Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 07:46 Capricorn
- 07:46 – 09:27 Aquarius
- 09:27 – 11:07 Pisces
- 11:07 – 12:55 Aries
- 12:55 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 19:18 Cancer
- 19:18 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:23 Virgo
- 23:23 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:41 next day Scorpio
- 03:41 – 05:48 next day Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 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