Chennai panchang, 17 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 11:32 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:00 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:51
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:48 to 06:00 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:02
- Karana Gara until 19:12, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:47 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:00 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:00 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:34
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:51
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 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:48 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 09:47
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:00 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:19 – 17:48 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:48 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:19 – 20:51 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:29 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:48 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 06:00 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:00 NowMars
- 09:00 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 11:00 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:00 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:00 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:00 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:00 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:05 Virgo
- 06:05 – 08:12 Libra
- 08:12 – 10:23 Scorpio
- 10:23 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:24 Capricorn
- 14:24 – 16:06 Aquarius
- 16:06 – 17:45 Pisces
- 17:45 – 19:33 Aries
- 19:33 – 21:36 Taurus
- 21:36 – 23:47 Gemini
- 23:47 – 01:56 next day Cancer
- 01:56 – 03:59 next day Leo
- 03:59 – 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