Chennai panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 11:06 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 18:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:42
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:07 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:42
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 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:36 – 18:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:07 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:36 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:04 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:07 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:04 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:01 Leo
- 06:01 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:22 Capricorn
- 16:22 – 18:04 Aquarius
- 18:04 – 19:43 Pisces
- 19:43 – 21:31 Aries
- 21:31 – 23:34 Taurus
- 23:34 – 01:45 next day Gemini
- 01:45 – 03:54 next day Cancer
- 03:54 – 05:57 next day Leo
- 05:57 – 05:58 next day Virgo
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