Chennai panchang, 27 September 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 18:26 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 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:24 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 18:00
- 09:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:00 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:59 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 11:08 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Balava until 09:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:24 – 17:12
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:30 – 18:00
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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:00 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 11:08
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:30 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:30 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:30 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 18:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:30 – 23:59 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:59 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:22 Leo
- 05:22 – 07:23 Virgo
- 07:23 – 09:30 Libra
- 09:30 – 11:42 Scorpio
- 11:42 – 13:49 Sagittarius
- 13:49 – 15:42 Capricorn
- 15:42 – 17:24 Aquarius
- 17:24 – 19:04 Pisces
- 19:04 – 20:52 Aries
- 20:52 – 22:54 Taurus
- 22:54 – 01:06 next day Gemini
- 01:06 – 03:15 next day Cancer
- 03:15 – 05:18 next day Leo
- 05:18 – 05:59 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