Chennai panchang, 2 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 22:00 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:41
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 06:13
- Nakshatra Bharani until 01:43 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:12
- Karana Taitila until 06:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 06:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:21 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:12 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:12 – 00:48 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 01:43 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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:43 – 05:58 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:43 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:58 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:26 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:58 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:57 Cancer
- 04:57 – 07:00 Leo
- 07:00 – 09:02 Virgo
- 09:02 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:27 Sagittarius
- 15:27 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 19:02 Aquarius
- 19:02 – 20:42 Pisces
- 20:42 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 04:53 next day Cancer
- 04:53 – 05:58 next day Leo
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