Chennai panchang, 30 October 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 21:45 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:09
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda 14:47 – 16:14
- 08:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:41 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 19:25
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 09:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 20:41
- Karana Kaulava until 08:46, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 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 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:14
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 17:41 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:25 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:03 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:52 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:47 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:47 – 16:14 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:47 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:47 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 07:59 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:47 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:47 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:03 NowVenus
- 07:03 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:03 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:03 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:03 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:03 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:03 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:14 Virgo
- 05:14 – 07:20 Libra
- 07:20 – 09:32 Scorpio
- 09:32 – 11:39 Sagittarius
- 11:39 – 13:33 Capricorn
- 13:33 – 15:14 Aquarius
- 15:14 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 18:42 Aries
- 18:42 – 20:44 Taurus
- 20:44 – 22:56 Gemini
- 22:56 – 01:05 next day Cancer
- 01:05 – 03:08 next day Leo
- 03:08 – 05:10 next day Virgo
- 05:10 – 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