Chennai panchang, 13 October 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 08:03 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:21
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 06:00 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:28
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:43 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Priti until 20:23
- Karana Taitila until 10:46, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:46 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:12 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 23:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:21
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 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:50 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 23:28
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 01:43 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:59 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:26 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:50 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:50 – 19:21 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 06:00 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:59 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:59 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 14:59 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:59 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 19:59 NowMars
- 20:59 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 03:59 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:21 Virgo
- 06:21 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:46 Sagittarius
- 12:46 – 14:39 Capricorn
- 14:39 – 16:21 Aquarius
- 16:21 – 18:01 Pisces
- 18:01 – 19:49 Aries
- 19:49 – 21:51 Taurus
- 21:51 – 00:03 next day Gemini
- 00:03 – 02:12 next day Cancer
- 02:12 – 04:15 next day Leo
- 04:15 – 06:00 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