Chennai panchang, 22 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 15:01 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:24
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:45 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 14:48
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 23:39
- Karana Vishti until 14:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 14:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:24
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 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
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:17 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:21 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 23:53 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:45 Virgo
- 05:45 – 07:52 Libra
- 07:52 – 10:04 Scorpio
- 10:04 – 12:11 Sagittarius
- 12:11 – 14:04 Capricorn
- 14:04 – 15:46 Aquarius
- 15:46 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:14 Aries
- 19:14 – 21:16 Taurus
- 21:16 – 23:27 Gemini
- 23:27 – 01:37 next day Cancer
- 01:37 – 03:40 next day Leo
- 03:40 – 05:41 next day Virgo
- 05:41 – 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