Chennai panchang, 7 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 02:52 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 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:26
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:17
- Nakshatra Magha until 21:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 02:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:54, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 23:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 next day Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:11 – 05:59 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:53 – 20:19
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 23:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:24 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:59 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:59 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:59 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:43 Leo
- 04:43 – 06:44 Virgo
- 06:44 – 08:51 Libra
- 08:51 – 11:03 Scorpio
- 11:03 – 13:10 Sagittarius
- 13:10 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 16:45 Aquarius
- 16:45 – 18:25 Pisces
- 18:25 – 20:13 Aries
- 20:13 – 22:15 Taurus
- 22:15 – 00:26 next day Gemini
- 00:26 – 02:36 next day Cancer
- 02:36 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 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