Chennai panchang, 23 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 15:39 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 17:44- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:16
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:44 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:36
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 21:03 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:08
- Karana Balava until 14:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 14:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:04 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:03 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 02:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:08 – 01:44 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 – 05:12
- 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 17:44 – 20:12
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 21:03 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:53 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:21 | Good |
| Rog | 13:21 – 14:49 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:16 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:44 – 19:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:49 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:21 – 23:53 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:47 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:47 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:41 Virgo
- 05:41 – 07:48 Libra
- 07:48 – 10:00 Scorpio
- 10:00 – 12:07 Sagittarius
- 12:07 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 15:42 Aquarius
- 15:42 – 17:22 Pisces
- 17:22 – 19:10 Aries
- 19:10 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:33 next day Cancer
- 01:33 – 03:36 next day Leo
- 03:36 – 05:37 next day Virgo
- 05:37 – 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