Chennai panchang, 24 November 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 17:20 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam 14:46 – 16:12
- 07:24 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:38 to 06:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:23
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:25 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 16:05
- Karana Vishti until 10:05, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:24 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:25 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:21
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:12
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. 04:32 – 05:22
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 23:25
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:38 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:04 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:21 – 14:46 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:46 – 16:12 | Good |
| Rog | 16:12 – 17:38 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:12 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:12 – 20:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:46 – 22:21 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:21 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:38 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:13 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:49 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:49 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:42 Libra
- 05:42 – 07:54 Scorpio
- 07:54 – 10:01 Sagittarius
- 10:01 – 11:54 Capricorn
- 11:54 – 13:36 Aquarius
- 13:36 – 15:16 Pisces
- 15:16 – 17:04 Aries
- 17:04 – 19:06 Taurus
- 19:06 – 21:18 Gemini
- 21:18 – 23:27 Cancer
- 23:27 – 01:30 next day Leo
- 01:30 – 03:31 next day Virgo
- 03:31 – 05:38 next day Libra
- 05:38 – 06:13 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