Chennai panchang, 15 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 09:21 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 18:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:38
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:44
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:21 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 12:20
- Karana Vishti until 07:44, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:20 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:38
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) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 15:21
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:58 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:38 | Good |
| Rog | 16:38 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:09 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:07 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:08 NowJupiter
- 20:07 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:59 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 – 06:09 Leo
- 06:09 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:36 Sagittarius
- 14:36 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 18:11 Aquarius
- 18:11 – 19:51 Pisces
- 19:51 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:41 Taurus
- 23:41 – 01:53 next day Gemini
- 01:53 – 04:02 next day Cancer
- 04:02 – 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