Chennai panchang, 8 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 03:46 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:25 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:30
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:53 to 05:59 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:20 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 00:58 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:18 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:11 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 05:59 – 07:12
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 21:20 – 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 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 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:27 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:27 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:25 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:24 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:24 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:24 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:25 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:25 – 23:56 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:58 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:59 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:59 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:59 NowMercury
- 17:59 NowMoon
- 18:59 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:39 Leo
- 04:39 – 06:40 Virgo
- 06:40 – 08:47 Libra
- 08:47 – 10:59 Scorpio
- 10:59 – 13:06 Sagittarius
- 13:06 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:41 Aquarius
- 16:41 – 18:21 Pisces
- 18:21 – 20:09 Aries
- 20:09 – 22:11 Taurus
- 22:11 – 00:22 next day Gemini
- 00:22 – 02:32 next day Cancer
- 02:32 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 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