Chennai panchang, 14 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 08:29 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:43
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:10 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:07
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 12:46
- Karana Gara until 07:07, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:43
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 13:55
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 13:55 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:10 | Good |
| Char | 18:10 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:33 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:59 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)
- 04:24 – 06:13 Leo
- 06:13 – 08:15 Virgo
- 08:15 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:40 Sagittarius
- 14:40 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:15 Aquarius
- 18:15 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:43 Aries
- 21:43 – 23:45 Taurus
- 23:45 – 01:57 next day Gemini
- 01:57 – 04:06 next day Cancer
- 04:06 – 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