Chennai panchang, 8 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 03:04 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 09:02 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:42
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:14 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 14:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 16:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 00:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:43, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 14:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:42
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. 04:24 – 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:43 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Char | 09:02 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 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 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 12:58 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:58 NowVenus
- 15:58 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 20:58 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 22:58 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:34 Cancer
- 04:34 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 08:38 Virgo
- 08:38 – 10:45 Libra
- 10:45 – 12:57 Scorpio
- 12:57 – 15:04 Sagittarius
- 15:04 – 16:57 Capricorn
- 16:57 – 18:39 Aquarius
- 18:39 – 20:19 Pisces
- 20:19 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:09 next day Taurus
- 00:09 – 02:20 next day Gemini
- 02:20 – 04:30 next day Cancer
- 04:30 – 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