Chennai panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 12:51 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:00 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:04
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:06 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:27
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:29
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:29 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:04
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 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:06 – 20:28
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:27 – 05:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Rog | 09:00 – 10:31 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 12:02 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:35 – 18:06 | Avoid |
| Labh | 18:06 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:35 – 21:04 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:29 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:05 NowSun
- 17:05 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:05 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:53 Leo
- 05:53 – 07:55 Virgo
- 07:55 – 10:02 Libra
- 10:02 – 12:13 Scorpio
- 12:13 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 16:14 Capricorn
- 16:14 – 17:56 Aquarius
- 17:56 – 19:35 Pisces
- 19:35 – 21:23 Aries
- 21:23 – 23:26 Taurus
- 23:26 – 01:37 next day Gemini
- 01:37 – 03:46 next day Cancer
- 03:46 – 05:49 next day Leo
- 05:49 – 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