Chennai panchang, 26 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 17:47 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta 14:36 – 15:23
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:43 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 09:41
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 14:17
- Karana Bava until 09:41, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 09:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:41 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
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 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:48
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:36 – 15:23
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 17:43 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:48 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:48 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:48 – 22:20 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:55 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:48 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:48 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:29 Virgo
- 05:29 – 07:36 Libra
- 07:36 – 09:48 Scorpio
- 09:48 – 11:55 Sagittarius
- 11:55 – 13:48 Capricorn
- 13:48 – 15:30 Aquarius
- 15:30 – 17:10 Pisces
- 17:10 – 18:58 Aries
- 18:58 – 21:00 Taurus
- 21:00 – 23:12 Gemini
- 23:12 – 01:21 next day Cancer
- 01:21 – 03:24 next day Leo
- 03:24 – 05:25 next day Virgo
- 05:25 – 06:02 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