Chennai panchang, 14 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 08:56 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:23
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:49 to 06:00 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:13 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:39
- Karana Vanija until 12:17, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 01:13 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:26 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:23
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:49 – 20:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:00 – 04:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:00 – 04:03 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 04:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:23 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:52 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:52 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:49 – 19:21 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:52 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:23 Libra
- 08:23 – 10:35 Scorpio
- 10:35 – 12:42 Sagittarius
- 12:42 – 14:36 Capricorn
- 14:36 – 16:17 Aquarius
- 16:17 – 17:57 Pisces
- 17:57 – 19:45 Aries
- 19:45 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 23:59 Gemini
- 23:59 – 02:08 next day Cancer
- 02:08 – 04:11 next day Leo
- 04:11 – 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