Chennai panchang, 5 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 00:56 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:32
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:55 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 02:08 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 23:09 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 09:51
- Karana Vanija until 14:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:08 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 02:08 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:32
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 14:59 – 02:08 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 17:55 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 23:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:26 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:55 | Good |
| Char | 17:55 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 20:56 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:26 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:26 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:55 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:50 Leo
- 04:50 – 06:52 Virgo
- 06:52 – 08:59 Libra
- 08:59 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:18 Sagittarius
- 13:18 – 15:11 Capricorn
- 15:11 – 16:53 Aquarius
- 16:53 – 18:32 Pisces
- 18:32 – 20:20 Aries
- 20:20 – 22:23 Taurus
- 22:23 – 00:34 next day Gemini
- 00:34 – 02:44 next day Cancer
- 02:44 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 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