Chennai panchang, 24 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 16:29 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 18:02- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:59 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:49 – 15:38
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:02 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:18
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 10:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:54
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:54 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:49 – 15:38
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:54 – 17:54
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) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:02 – 20:26
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:35 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:59 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:59 – 10:30 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:31 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:32 – 18:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:02 – 19:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:32 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:31 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:31 – 00:00 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:42 Libra
- 09:42 – 11:54 Scorpio
- 11:54 – 14:01 Sagittarius
- 14:01 – 15:54 Capricorn
- 15:54 – 17:36 Aquarius
- 17:36 – 19:16 Pisces
- 19:16 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:06 Taurus
- 23:06 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:27 next day Cancer
- 03:27 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 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