Chennai panchang, 23 November 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 16:24 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta 14:35 – 15:20
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:38 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:42
- Nakshatra Bharani until 02:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 19:58
- Karana Gara until 13:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:42 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:35 – 15:20
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:58 – 06:02 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. 04:31 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 02:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:03 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 11:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:12 – 20:46 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:46 – 22:21 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:46 Libra
- 05:46 – 07:58 Scorpio
- 07:58 – 10:05 Sagittarius
- 10:05 – 11:58 Capricorn
- 11:58 – 13:40 Aquarius
- 13:40 – 15:20 Pisces
- 15:20 – 17:08 Aries
- 17:08 – 19:10 Taurus
- 19:10 – 21:22 Gemini
- 21:22 – 23:31 Cancer
- 23:31 – 01:34 next day Leo
- 01:34 – 03:35 next day Virgo
- 03:35 – 05:42 next day Libra
- 05:42 – 06:12 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