Chennai panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 23:52 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:44
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:17 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 15:44
- Karana Balava until 13:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:44 – 16:56
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
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:07 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:49 Cancer
- 04:49 – 06:52 Leo
- 06:52 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:01 Libra
- 11:01 – 13:12 Scorpio
- 13:12 – 15:20 Sagittarius
- 15:20 – 17:13 Capricorn
- 17:13 – 18:55 Aquarius
- 18:55 – 20:34 Pisces
- 20:34 – 22:22 Aries
- 22:22 – 00:25 next day Taurus
- 00:25 – 02:36 next day Gemini
- 02:36 – 04:45 next day Cancer
- 04:45 – 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