Chennai panchang, 4 November 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 01:42 Ashwin month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 08:58
- 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 – 13:19
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:40 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 11:03
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:30 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 08:01
- Karana Vishti until 11:03, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 11:03 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:26 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:58
- 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 – 13:19
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. 04:25 – 05:14
- 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 17:40 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:46 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:40 – 19:13 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:25 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:58 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:54 Virgo
- 04:54 – 07:01 Libra
- 07:01 – 09:13 Scorpio
- 09:13 – 11:20 Sagittarius
- 11:20 – 13:13 Capricorn
- 13:13 – 14:55 Aquarius
- 14:55 – 16:34 Pisces
- 16:34 – 18:23 Aries
- 18:23 – 20:25 Taurus
- 20:25 – 22:36 Gemini
- 22:36 – 00:46 next day Cancer
- 00:46 – 02:49 next day Leo
- 02:49 – 04:50 next day Virgo
- 04:50 – 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