Chennai panchang, 28 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 19:37 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 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:42 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:07 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:18
- Karana Vanija until 14:37, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:37 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:07 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 07:18
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:40 – 13:53 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 – 05:13
- 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 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:42 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 13:26
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 13:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:26 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:47 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:15 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 07:28 Libra
- 07:28 – 09:40 Scorpio
- 09:40 – 11:47 Sagittarius
- 11:47 – 13:41 Capricorn
- 13:41 – 15:22 Aquarius
- 15:22 – 17:02 Pisces
- 17:02 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 20:52 Taurus
- 20:52 – 23:04 Gemini
- 23:04 – 01:13 next day Cancer
- 01:13 – 03:16 next day Leo
- 03:16 – 05:18 next day Virgo
- 05:18 – 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