Chennai panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 13:40 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 18:05- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:04 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:05
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:05 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:17
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:05
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. 04:23 – 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 18:05 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:33 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:04 | Good |
| Rog | 15:04 – 16:34 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:05 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:05 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:04 | Good |
| Char | 21:04 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:02 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:31 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:04 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:05 NowSaturn
- 18:05 NowJupiter
- 19:05 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:04 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:49 Leo
- 05:49 – 07:51 Virgo
- 07:51 – 09:58 Libra
- 09:58 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:17 Sagittarius
- 14:17 – 16:10 Capricorn
- 16:10 – 17:52 Aquarius
- 17:52 – 19:31 Pisces
- 19:31 – 21:19 Aries
- 21:19 – 23:22 Taurus
- 23:22 – 01:33 next day Gemini
- 01:33 – 03:43 next day Cancer
- 03:43 – 05:45 next day Leo
- 05:45 – 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