Chennai panchang, 29 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 19:56 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 17:59- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:29
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:59 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:10
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:03 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:13
- Karana Vanija until 06:14, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:03 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 17:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:20 – 04:32 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) 11:35 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:59 – 20:23
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:59 – 09:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 09:03
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 17:10
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:59 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 14:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:59 – 16:29 | Good |
| Rog | 16:29 – 17:59 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:59 – 19:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:29 – 20:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:59 – 22:29 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:14 Leo
- 05:14 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:22 Libra
- 09:22 – 11:34 Scorpio
- 11:34 – 13:41 Sagittarius
- 13:41 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:16 Aquarius
- 17:16 – 18:56 Pisces
- 18:56 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 22:46 Taurus
- 22:46 – 00:58 next day Gemini
- 00:58 – 03:07 next day Cancer
- 03:07 – 05:10 next day Leo
- 05:10 – 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