Chennai panchang, 19 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 13:03 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 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 13:22 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:25
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:46 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:38 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:52, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 10:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 23:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:35 – 02:35 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:00 – 08:58
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 08:58 – 17:25
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 17:46 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:38 – 06:00 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 15:38 – 06:00 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 17:25 – 06:00 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:00 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:53 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:22 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:22 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:50 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:22 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:22 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 06:00 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:48 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 06:00 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 16:00 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 18:00 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:00 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:04 Libra
- 08:04 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:23 Sagittarius
- 12:23 – 14:16 Capricorn
- 14:16 – 15:58 Aquarius
- 15:58 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:25 Aries
- 19:25 – 21:28 Taurus
- 21:28 – 23:39 Gemini
- 23:39 – 01:49 next day Cancer
- 01:49 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:53 next day Virgo
- 05:53 – 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