Chennai panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 15:50 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 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:31
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:03 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:31
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:03 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:30 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:31 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:02 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:32 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:30 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:00 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:58 next day | Avoid |
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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:38 Leo
- 05:38 – 07:39 Virgo
- 07:39 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:05 Sagittarius
- 14:05 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 17:40 Aquarius
- 17:40 – 19:20 Pisces
- 19:20 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:10 Taurus
- 23:10 – 01:21 next day Gemini
- 01:21 – 03:31 next day Cancer
- 03:31 – 05:34 next day Leo
- 05:34 – 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