Chennai panchang, 29 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 20:40 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:19 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:22
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:42 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:10
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 00:06 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:37, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:11 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 11:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 22:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:30
- 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 13:19 – 14:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:22
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 11:11
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:11 – 06:03 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. 04:24 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:10 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 08:57 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:25 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:19 – 14:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:47 – 16:14 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:47 – 22:20 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:20 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:18 Virgo
- 05:18 – 07:24 Libra
- 07:24 – 09:36 Scorpio
- 09:36 – 11:43 Sagittarius
- 11:43 – 13:37 Capricorn
- 13:37 – 15:18 Aquarius
- 15:18 – 16:58 Pisces
- 16:58 – 18:46 Aries
- 18:46 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 23:00 Gemini
- 23:00 – 01:09 next day Cancer
- 01:09 – 03:12 next day Leo
- 03:12 – 05:14 next day Virgo
- 05:14 – 06:03 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