Chennai panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 12:55 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:19
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:38 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:53 – 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. 04:29 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:38 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:46 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:10 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 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:59 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:59 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:06 Libra
- 06:06 – 08:18 Scorpio
- 08:18 – 10:25 Sagittarius
- 10:25 – 12:18 Capricorn
- 12:18 – 14:00 Aquarius
- 14:00 – 15:39 Pisces
- 15:39 – 17:27 Aries
- 17:27 – 19:30 Taurus
- 19:30 – 21:41 Gemini
- 21:41 – 23:51 Cancer
- 23:51 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 03:55 next day Virgo
- 03:55 – 06:02 next day Libra
- 06:02 – 06:10 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