Chennai panchang, 31 January 2026
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 16:41 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 18:08- 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 09:29 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:15
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:08 to 06:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 08:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:34 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 13:33
- Karana Taitila until 08:26, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 08:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:33 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:01 Moon enters Cancer
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:53 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:53 next day Karana becomes Vishti
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 09:29 – 10:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:53 – 16:43 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) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:36 – 01:34 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:26 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:55 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:08 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:48 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 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
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:33 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 – 05:33 Sagittarius
- 05:33 – 07:26 Capricorn
- 07:26 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 10:48 Pisces
- 10:48 – 12:36 Aries
- 12:36 – 14:38 Taurus
- 14:38 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 18:59 Cancer
- 18:59 – 21:02 Leo
- 21:02 – 23:03 Virgo
- 23:03 – 01:10 next day Libra
- 01:10 – 03:22 next day Scorpio
- 03:22 – 05:29 next day Sagittarius
- 05:29 – 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