Chennai panchang, 26 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 17:45 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 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:00
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:01 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:19
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 13:17
- Karana Vishti until 10:47, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:19 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:07 – 05:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 10:47
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:00
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 18:01 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:29 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:00 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:00 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 18:01 | Avoid |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 21:00 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:01 NowSun
- 17:01 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:01 NowMoon
- 20:01 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:26 Leo
- 05:26 – 07:27 Virgo
- 07:27 – 09:34 Libra
- 09:34 – 11:46 Scorpio
- 11:46 – 13:53 Sagittarius
- 13:53 – 15:46 Capricorn
- 15:46 – 17:28 Aquarius
- 17:28 – 19:08 Pisces
- 19:08 – 20:56 Aries
- 20:56 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 03:19 next day Cancer
- 03:19 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 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