Chennai panchang, 5 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:16 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 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:11
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:16 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 21:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 12:47
- Karana Taitila until 11:04, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:18 Moon enters Gemini
- 11:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:47 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 21:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:11
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) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 21:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:45 Cancer
- 04:45 – 06:48 Leo
- 06:48 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 10:57 Libra
- 10:57 – 13:09 Scorpio
- 13:09 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:09 Capricorn
- 17:09 – 18:51 Aquarius
- 18:51 – 20:30 Pisces
- 20:30 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:21 next day Taurus
- 00:21 – 02:32 next day Gemini
- 02:32 – 04:42 next day Cancer
- 04:42 – 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