Chennai panchang, 9 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 04:37 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 17:52- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:23
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:52 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 21:19 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:20
- Karana Vishti until 09:53, then Shakuni
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:19 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:16 – 03:18
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:23
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 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:52 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:59 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 11:56 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:54 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:23 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:52 – 19:23 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:54 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 23:56 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:27 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:59 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:59 NowSaturn
- 16:59 NowJupiter
- 17:59 NowMars
- 18:59 NowSun
- 19:59 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:35 Leo
- 04:35 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:43 Libra
- 08:43 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 13:02 Sagittarius
- 13:02 – 14:55 Capricorn
- 14:55 – 16:37 Aquarius
- 16:37 – 18:17 Pisces
- 18:17 – 20:05 Aries
- 20:05 – 22:07 Taurus
- 22:07 – 00:19 next day Gemini
- 00:19 – 02:28 next day Cancer
- 02:28 – 04:31 next day Leo
- 04:31 – 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