Chennai panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 12:19 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:47
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:47 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:47
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 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:47 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:00 – 07:28 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:22 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 23:54 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:00 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:00 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 17:00 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 19:00 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:00 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 06:01 Virgo
- 06:01 – 08:08 Libra
- 08:08 – 10:19 Scorpio
- 10:19 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 16:02 Aquarius
- 16:02 – 17:41 Pisces
- 17:41 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:32 Taurus
- 21:32 – 23:43 Gemini
- 23:43 – 01:52 next day Cancer
- 01:52 – 03:55 next day Leo
- 03:55 – 05:57 next day Virgo
- 05:57 – 06:00 next day Libra
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