Chennai panchang, 31 October 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 22:50 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 08:57 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:19 – 14:47
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:41 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 16:57
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 17:31
- Karana Gara until 06:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 16:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 16:57 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:31 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 03:52 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:00 – 03:52 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 17:41 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 07:12 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:30 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 08:57 | Good |
| Rog | 08:57 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:52 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:19 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:41 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:47 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 02:58 – 04:30 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:01 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:10 Virgo
- 05:10 – 07:16 Libra
- 07:16 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:35 Sagittarius
- 11:35 – 13:29 Capricorn
- 13:29 – 15:11 Aquarius
- 15:11 – 16:50 Pisces
- 16:50 – 18:38 Aries
- 18:38 – 20:41 Taurus
- 20:41 – 22:52 Gemini
- 22:52 – 01:01 next day Cancer
- 01:01 – 03:04 next day Leo
- 03:04 – 05:06 next day Virgo
- 05:06 – 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