Chennai panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 10:13 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 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:34
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:08 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:08 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:37 – 21:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:06 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:59 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 – 06:05 Leo
- 06:05 – 08:07 Virgo
- 08:07 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:25 Scorpio
- 12:25 – 14:32 Sagittarius
- 14:32 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 18:07 Aquarius
- 18:07 – 19:47 Pisces
- 19:47 – 21:35 Aries
- 21:35 – 23:37 Taurus
- 23:37 – 01:49 next day Gemini
- 01:49 – 03:58 next day Cancer
- 03:58 – 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