Chennai panchang, 3 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 22:53 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 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:49
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 00:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:33
- Karana Vishti until 15:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:26 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:49
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:29 – 05:58 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 00:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:58 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:53 Cancer
- 04:53 – 06:56 Leo
- 06:56 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:05 Libra
- 11:05 – 13:16 Scorpio
- 13:16 – 15:23 Sagittarius
- 15:23 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 18:59 Aquarius
- 18:59 – 20:38 Pisces
- 20:38 – 22:26 Aries
- 22:26 – 00:29 next day Taurus
- 00:29 – 02:40 next day Gemini
- 02:40 – 04:49 next day Cancer
- 04:49 – 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