Chennai panchang, 12 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 06:47 Bhadrapada 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 18:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:08
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:11 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 07:46
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 15:09
- Karana Bava until 07:46, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:55 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
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 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:08
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 12:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 11:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 10:53 – 12:55
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:55 – 05:58 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:11 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:02 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:02 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 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)
- 04:24 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:22 Virgo
- 08:22 – 10:29 Libra
- 10:29 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:48 Sagittarius
- 14:48 – 16:41 Capricorn
- 16:41 – 18:23 Aquarius
- 18:23 – 20:03 Pisces
- 20:03 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:53 Taurus
- 23:53 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 04:14 next day Cancer
- 04:14 – 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