Chennai panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 14:23 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:21
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:45 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:21
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:01 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:45 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:21 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:49 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:49 Virgo
- 05:49 – 07:56 Libra
- 07:56 – 10:08 Scorpio
- 10:08 – 12:15 Sagittarius
- 12:15 – 14:08 Capricorn
- 14:08 – 15:50 Aquarius
- 15:50 – 17:30 Pisces
- 17:30 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:20 Taurus
- 21:20 – 23:31 Gemini
- 23:31 – 01:41 next day Cancer
- 01:41 – 03:44 next day Leo
- 03:44 – 05:45 next day Virgo
- 05:45 – 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