Chennai panchang, 1 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 21:47 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 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:34
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:57 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 12:35
- Nakshatra Krittika until 06:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:18
- Karana Taitila until 12:35, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 12:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 12:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 23:25 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:18 – 18:17 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 04:27 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 04:27 – 05:59 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) 11:34 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:57 – 20:22
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 12:35
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 04:27 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:28 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:28 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:28 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 23:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 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
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:06 Leo
- 05:06 – 07:08 Virgo
- 07:08 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:26 Scorpio
- 11:26 – 13:33 Sagittarius
- 13:33 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 17:08 Aquarius
- 17:08 – 18:48 Pisces
- 18:48 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:38 Taurus
- 22:38 – 00:50 next day Gemini
- 00:50 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 05:02 next day Leo
- 05:02 – 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