Chennai panchang, 9 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 04:04 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 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:38
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:13 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:31
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:14 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 21:52
- Karana Vanija until 12:31, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:14 Moon enters Leo
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:30 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:31 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:14 – 23:30
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:02 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:30 Cancer
- 04:30 – 06:33 Leo
- 06:33 – 08:34 Virgo
- 08:34 – 10:41 Libra
- 10:41 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 15:00 Sagittarius
- 15:00 – 16:53 Capricorn
- 16:53 – 18:35 Aquarius
- 18:35 – 20:15 Pisces
- 20:15 – 22:03 Aries
- 22:03 – 00:05 next day Taurus
- 00:05 – 02:16 next day Gemini
- 02:16 – 04:26 next day Cancer
- 04:26 – 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