Chennai panchang, 2 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 22:49 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 17:57- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:57 – 16:27
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:57 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 10:15
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:55 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 10:15, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 10:15 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 21:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:27
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. 04:22 – 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 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 05:59 – 02:55 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 10:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:57 – 16:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:27 – 17:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:57 – 19:27 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:27 – 20:57 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:57 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 23:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:02 Leo
- 05:02 – 07:04 Virgo
- 07:04 – 09:11 Libra
- 09:11 – 11:22 Scorpio
- 11:22 – 13:29 Sagittarius
- 13:29 – 15:23 Capricorn
- 15:23 – 17:05 Aquarius
- 17:05 – 18:44 Pisces
- 18:44 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:35 Taurus
- 22:35 – 00:46 next day Gemini
- 00:46 – 02:55 next day Cancer
- 02:55 – 04:58 next day Leo
- 04:58 – 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