Chennai panchang, 30 September 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 20:49 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 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:28
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:58 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:55
- Nakshatra Bharani until 07:36 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 00:20 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:20 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:28
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 07:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:58 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:36 – 05:59 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 07:36 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:28 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:28 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:58 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:28 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:28 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:10 Leo
- 05:10 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:18 Libra
- 09:18 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:37 Sagittarius
- 13:37 – 15:31 Capricorn
- 15:31 – 17:12 Aquarius
- 17:12 – 18:52 Pisces
- 18:52 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:42 Taurus
- 22:42 – 00:54 next day Gemini
- 00:54 – 03:03 next day Cancer
- 03:03 – 05:06 next day Leo
- 05:06 – 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