Chennai panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 10:42 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 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:05
- Yamaganda 14:51 – 16:20
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:48 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:20
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:00 – 06:47
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) 11:30 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:48 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:00 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:51 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:51 – 16:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:20 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:51 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:51 – 22:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:23 – 23:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:09 Virgo
- 06:09 – 08:15 Libra
- 08:15 – 10:27 Scorpio
- 10:27 – 12:34 Sagittarius
- 12:34 – 14:28 Capricorn
- 14:28 – 16:09 Aquarius
- 16:09 – 17:49 Pisces
- 17:49 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:39 Taurus
- 21:39 – 23:51 Gemini
- 23:51 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 04:03 next day Leo
- 04:03 – 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