Chennai panchang, 6 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 01:56 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 17:54- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:25
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:54 to 05:59 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 22:17 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 07:20
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:17 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 22:17 Moon enters Leo
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:26
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:25
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 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:54 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:59 – 22:17
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:58 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:27 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:26 – 14:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:54 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:54 – 19:25 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:26 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 06:58 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:47 Leo
- 04:47 – 06:48 Virgo
- 06:48 – 08:55 Libra
- 08:55 – 11:07 Scorpio
- 11:07 – 13:14 Sagittarius
- 13:14 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 16:49 Aquarius
- 16:49 – 18:29 Pisces
- 18:29 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:19 Taurus
- 22:19 – 00:30 next day Gemini
- 00:30 – 02:40 next day Cancer
- 02:40 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 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