Chennai panchang, 21 November 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 14:50 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta 06:57 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:02 – 10:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:20 – 14:46
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:38 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:50 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:50 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 17:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:57 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:57 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 05:55 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:00 – 06:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 06:57
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:57 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:28
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:30 – 23:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:50 – 05:55 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 – 05:21
- 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 06:11 – 06:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:37 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:02 | Good |
| Rog | 09:02 – 10:28 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:28 – 11:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:20 – 14:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:38 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:38 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:46 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:46 – 22:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:20 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 03:03 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:37 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:11 next day | Good |
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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 09:02 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:54 Libra
- 05:54 – 08:06 Scorpio
- 08:06 – 10:13 Sagittarius
- 10:13 – 12:06 Capricorn
- 12:06 – 13:48 Aquarius
- 13:48 – 15:28 Pisces
- 15:28 – 17:16 Aries
- 17:16 – 19:18 Taurus
- 19:18 – 21:29 Gemini
- 21:29 – 23:39 Cancer
- 23:39 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 03:43 next day Virgo
- 03:43 – 05:50 next day Libra
- 05:50 – 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