Chennai panchang, 25 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 17:07 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:31
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:02 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:07
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:51
- Karana Gara until 11:17, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:51 – 17:15
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:07 – 05:33 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 10:47 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:24 next day Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:23 – 03:26 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) 11:36 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:02 – 20:25
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 11:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:01 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:31 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:02 – 19:31 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:01 | Avoid |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:00 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 09:38 Libra
- 09:38 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:57 Sagittarius
- 13:57 – 15:50 Capricorn
- 15:50 – 17:32 Aquarius
- 17:32 – 19:12 Pisces
- 19:12 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:23 next day Cancer
- 03:23 – 05:26 next day Leo
- 05:26 – 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