Chennai panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 11:59 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:36
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:07 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:44 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:24 – 09:13
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:58 – 22:44
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) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:07 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:00 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:05 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:05 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:57 Leo
- 05:57 – 07:59 Virgo
- 07:59 – 10:06 Libra
- 10:06 – 12:17 Scorpio
- 12:17 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:18 Capricorn
- 16:18 – 18:00 Aquarius
- 18:00 – 19:39 Pisces
- 19:39 – 21:27 Aries
- 21:27 – 23:30 Taurus
- 23:30 – 01:41 next day Gemini
- 01:41 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 05:53 next day Leo
- 05:53 – 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