Chennai panchang, 28 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 19:09 Bhadrapada month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:00- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:47 – 15:35
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:00 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 19:14
- Nakshatra Revati until 10:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:53
- Karana Taitila until 08:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:53 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 10:16 Moon enters Aries
- 19:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 19:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:53 – 12:29
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:47 – 15:35
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 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:59 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 11:59 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:29 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 18:00 | Good |
| Char | 18:00 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 20:59 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:29 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:18 Leo
- 05:18 – 07:20 Virgo
- 07:20 – 09:26 Libra
- 09:26 – 11:38 Scorpio
- 11:38 – 13:45 Sagittarius
- 13:45 – 15:38 Capricorn
- 15:38 – 17:20 Aquarius
- 17:20 – 19:00 Pisces
- 19:00 – 20:48 Aries
- 20:48 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:02 next day Gemini
- 01:02 – 03:11 next day Cancer
- 03:11 – 05:14 next day Leo
- 05:14 – 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