Chennai panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 14:26 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:39
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:05 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:39
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:05 – 18:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 00:31 – 05:58 next day
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) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:05 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:01 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:32 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:32 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:34 – 18:05 | Good |
| Char | 18:05 – 19:34 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:34 – 21:03 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:32 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:31 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:01 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:05 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:45 Leo
- 05:45 – 07:47 Virgo
- 07:47 – 09:54 Libra
- 09:54 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:13 Sagittarius
- 14:13 – 16:06 Capricorn
- 16:06 – 17:48 Aquarius
- 17:48 – 19:27 Pisces
- 19:27 – 21:16 Aries
- 21:16 – 23:18 Taurus
- 23:18 – 01:29 next day Gemini
- 01:29 – 03:39 next day Cancer
- 03:39 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 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