Chennai panchang, 6 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:56 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 18:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:15
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:15 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:29
- Nakshatra Ardra until 19:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:45
- Karana Vanija until 08:42, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:45 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:29 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:45 – 06:41 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:15
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:39 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:42 Cancer
- 04:42 – 06:44 Leo
- 06:44 – 08:46 Virgo
- 08:46 – 10:53 Libra
- 10:53 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:12 Sagittarius
- 15:12 – 17:05 Capricorn
- 17:05 – 18:47 Aquarius
- 18:47 – 20:26 Pisces
- 20:26 – 22:14 Aries
- 22:14 – 00:17 next day Taurus
- 00:17 – 02:28 next day Gemini
- 02:28 – 04:38 next day Cancer
- 04:38 – 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