Chennai panchang, 20 October 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 13:44 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:21 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:18
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:46 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 12:50
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:50, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 12:50 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 01:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:21 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:50 – 03:14 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 18:02 – 06:01 next day
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. 04:23 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:00 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:00 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 08:57 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:50 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:46 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:46 – 19:18 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:01 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 06:00 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 16:00 NowMercury
- 17:00 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 19:00 NowJupiter
- 20:00 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:00 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:53 Virgo
- 05:53 – 08:00 Libra
- 08:00 – 10:12 Scorpio
- 10:12 – 12:19 Sagittarius
- 12:19 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 15:54 Aquarius
- 15:54 – 17:33 Pisces
- 17:33 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:35 Gemini
- 23:35 – 01:45 next day Cancer
- 01:45 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 05:49 next day Virgo
- 05:49 – 06:01 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