Chennai panchang, 20 November 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 14:10 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:46 – 16:12
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:11 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:16
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 06:40
- Karana Gara until 07:16, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:40 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 07:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:40 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:12
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32 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. 04:30 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:17
- 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 06:10 – 06:11 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:16 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:10 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:20 | Good |
| Rog | 13:20 – 14:46 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:46 – 16:12 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:46 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:20 – 23:54 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:37 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:05 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:58 Libra
- 05:58 – 08:10 Scorpio
- 08:10 – 10:17 Sagittarius
- 10:17 – 12:10 Capricorn
- 12:10 – 13:52 Aquarius
- 13:52 – 15:32 Pisces
- 15:32 – 17:20 Aries
- 17:20 – 19:22 Taurus
- 19:22 – 21:33 Gemini
- 21:33 – 23:43 Cancer
- 23:43 – 01:46 next day Leo
- 01:46 – 03:47 next day Virgo
- 03:47 – 05:54 next day Libra
- 05:54 – 06:11 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