Chennai panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:39 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:20
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:16
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:34 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:26 – 13:42
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. 04:28 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 02:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:01 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:53 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:19 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:45 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:19 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:19 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:48 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:48 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 06:14 Libra
- 06:14 – 08:25 Scorpio
- 08:25 – 10:33 Sagittarius
- 10:33 – 12:26 Capricorn
- 12:26 – 14:08 Aquarius
- 14:08 – 15:47 Pisces
- 15:47 – 17:35 Aries
- 17:35 – 19:38 Taurus
- 19:38 – 21:49 Gemini
- 21:49 – 23:58 Cancer
- 23:58 – 02:01 next day Leo
- 02:01 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 06:09 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