Chennai panchang, 2 November 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:40 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:21
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 13:11
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:46 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 12:06
- Karana Kaulava until 13:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:46 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:46 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:29 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:28 – 23:29
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 – 05:14
- 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 17:40 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 08:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:19 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:46 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:19 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 06:04 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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:01 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:02 Virgo
- 05:02 – 07:09 Libra
- 07:09 – 09:20 Scorpio
- 09:20 – 11:28 Sagittarius
- 11:28 – 13:21 Capricorn
- 13:21 – 15:03 Aquarius
- 15:03 – 16:42 Pisces
- 16:42 – 18:30 Aries
- 18:30 – 20:33 Taurus
- 20:33 – 22:44 Gemini
- 22:44 – 00:53 next day Cancer
- 00:53 – 02:56 next day Leo
- 02:56 – 04:58 next day Virgo
- 04:58 – 06:04 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