Chennai panchang, 15 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 09:50 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:00 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:27
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:49 to 06:00 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:25 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 21:15
- Karana Bava until 14:16, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:15 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 03:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:27
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 17:49 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 03:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:00 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:26 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:26 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:49 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:23 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:54 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 06:00 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
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:50 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:00 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 15:00 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:00 NowMercury
- 18:00 NowMoon
- 19:00 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 21:00 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 03:00 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:13 Virgo
- 06:13 – 08:19 Libra
- 08:19 – 10:31 Scorpio
- 10:31 – 12:38 Sagittarius
- 12:38 – 14:32 Capricorn
- 14:32 – 16:13 Aquarius
- 16:13 – 17:53 Pisces
- 17:53 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 23:55 Gemini
- 23:55 – 02:04 next day Cancer
- 02:04 – 04:07 next day Leo
- 04:07 – 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