Chennai panchang, 7 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 02:00 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 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:47
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:14 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 17:04
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 18:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 06:41
- Karana Bava until 06:17, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 17:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:14 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:38 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:53 next day Karana becomes Taitila
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:38 – 14:09 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 – 05:11
- 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 18:14 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:14 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:38 Cancer
- 04:38 – 06:41 Leo
- 06:41 – 08:42 Virgo
- 08:42 – 10:49 Libra
- 10:49 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:08 Sagittarius
- 15:08 – 17:01 Capricorn
- 17:01 – 18:43 Aquarius
- 18:43 – 20:23 Pisces
- 20:23 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:13 next day Taurus
- 00:13 – 02:24 next day Gemini
- 02:24 – 04:34 next day Cancer
- 04:34 – 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