Chennai panchang, 3 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 23:53 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 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:57
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:56 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 08:00
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 15:21
- Karana Bava until 08:00, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 05:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:21 – 01:57 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. 04:22 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:56 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:28 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:56 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 20:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:58 Leo
- 04:58 – 07:00 Virgo
- 07:00 – 09:07 Libra
- 09:07 – 11:18 Scorpio
- 11:18 – 13:26 Sagittarius
- 13:26 – 15:19 Capricorn
- 15:19 – 17:01 Aquarius
- 17:01 – 18:40 Pisces
- 18:40 – 20:28 Aries
- 20:28 – 22:31 Taurus
- 22:31 – 00:42 next day Gemini
- 00:42 – 02:51 next day Cancer
- 02:51 – 04:54 next day Leo
- 04:54 – 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