Chennai panchang, 12 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 07:10 Ashwin 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 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:28
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:50 to 05:59 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:13
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:52 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:32
- Karana Balava until 09:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:52 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:28
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) 11:31 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 11:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:24 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:24 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:59 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 04:23 Leo
- 04:23 – 06:24 Virgo
- 06:24 – 08:31 Libra
- 08:31 – 10:43 Scorpio
- 10:43 – 12:50 Sagittarius
- 12:50 – 14:43 Capricorn
- 14:43 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 18:05 Pisces
- 18:05 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 00:07 next day Gemini
- 00:07 – 02:16 next day Cancer
- 02:16 – 04:19 next day Leo
- 04:19 – 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