Chennai panchang, 10 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 05:28 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:53
- 09:24 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:52 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 21:20
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:42 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 22:02
- Karana Chatushpada until 09:24, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:24 Karana becomes Naga
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:42 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:02 – 21:05 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 05:59 – 21:42
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 21:42 – 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 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:52 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 11:55 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:52 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:54 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:54 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:54 NowJupiter
- 21:54 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:31 Leo
- 04:31 – 06:32 Virgo
- 06:32 – 08:39 Libra
- 08:39 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 12:58 Sagittarius
- 12:58 – 14:51 Capricorn
- 14:51 – 16:33 Aquarius
- 16:33 – 18:13 Pisces
- 18:13 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 22:03 Taurus
- 22:03 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 02:24 next day Cancer
- 02:24 – 04:27 next day Leo
- 04:27 – 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