Chennai panchang, 17 November 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 12:18 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:01 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:12
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:38 to 06:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 04:34 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:54
- Karana Vishti until 17:17, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:54 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:30 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 06:05 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 06:05 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 04:34 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 04:34 – 06:09 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. 04:29 – 05:19
- 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
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:09 – 06:05 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 04:34 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:09 – 07:35 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:01 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:01 – 10:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:27 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:45 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:38 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:35 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:35 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
- 05:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:10 Libra
- 06:10 – 08:22 Scorpio
- 08:22 – 10:29 Sagittarius
- 10:29 – 12:22 Capricorn
- 12:22 – 14:04 Aquarius
- 14:04 – 15:43 Pisces
- 15:43 – 17:31 Aries
- 17:31 – 19:34 Taurus
- 19:34 – 21:45 Gemini
- 21:45 – 23:55 Cancer
- 23:55 – 01:57 next day Leo
- 01:57 – 03:59 next day Virgo
- 03:59 – 06:06 next day Libra
- 06:06 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
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