Chennai panchang, 13 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 07:38 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 18:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam 16:39 – 18:10
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 07:08
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 13:43
- Karana Kaulava until 07:08, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 07:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:39 – 18:10
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 18:10 – 20:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:58 – 13:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 13:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:07 – 21:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:30 – 09:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:01 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:39 – 18:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:10 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:59 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)
- 04:24 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 08:18 Virgo
- 08:18 – 10:25 Libra
- 10:25 – 12:37 Scorpio
- 12:37 – 14:44 Sagittarius
- 14:44 – 16:37 Capricorn
- 16:37 – 18:19 Aquarius
- 18:19 – 19:59 Pisces
- 19:59 – 21:47 Aries
- 21:47 – 23:49 Taurus
- 23:49 – 02:01 next day Gemini
- 02:01 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 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