Chennai panchang, 4 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 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 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:55
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:14 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:32
- Karana Taitila until 16:51, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:32 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 16:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:32 Moon enters Cancer
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:08
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:55
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 17:55 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 00:14 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:27 – 23:57 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:28 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:54 Leo
- 04:54 – 06:56 Virgo
- 06:56 – 09:03 Libra
- 09:03 – 11:15 Scorpio
- 11:15 – 13:22 Sagittarius
- 13:22 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 16:57 Aquarius
- 16:57 – 18:36 Pisces
- 18:36 – 20:24 Aries
- 20:24 – 22:27 Taurus
- 22:27 – 00:38 next day Gemini
- 00:38 – 02:48 next day Cancer
- 02:48 – 04:50 next day Leo
- 04:50 – 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