Daily panchang
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Tuesday, 20 Oct 2026
Ashwina, shukla · Tithi 9
Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h) · boundary times solved to <0.001″ · JPL DE442s
Sunrise
05:59Sunset
17:47Moonrise
13:43Moonset
00:43Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.
The five limbs
| Limb | Value | Ends | What the texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Navami | 12:50 | Rikta (empty) Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately. |
| Nakshatra | Shravana | 17:59 | The ear: listening and learning. Tradition connects it with study, with reputation carried by word of mouth, and with counsel. |
| Yoga | Shula | 00:45 21 Oct 2026 |
inauspicious Among the yogas the texts advise avoiding for new beginnings. |
| Karana | Kaulava | 12:50 | One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month. |
| Vara | Tuesday | — | Ruled by Mars. Associated with disputes, surgery and property. |
Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.
Day periods
- Sunrise 05:59
- Sunset 17:47
- Traditionally avoided
- Traditionally favoured
Sun and muhurtas
| Period | From | To | What the texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:59 | — | |
| Sunset | 17:47 | — | |
| Rahu kaal | 14:50 | 16:18 | An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it. |
| Gulika | 11:53 | 13:22 | Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect. |
| Yamaganda | 08:56 | 10:25 | A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday. |
| Abhijit | 11:30 | 12:17 | The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays. |
Sunrise is computed for the upper limb with atmospheric refraction — the Drik convention. Disc-centre would move every time on this page by two to four minutes, which is why the choice is stated rather than assumed.
Choghadiya
The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.
Day
| Choghadiya | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rog | 05:59 | 07:28 | avoid confrontation and debt collection only |
| Udveg | 07:28 | 08:56 | avoid government work only |
| Chal | 08:56 | 10:25 | neutral travel and movement |
| Labh | 10:25 | 11:53 | good trade, starting a business, gain |
| Amrit | 11:53 | 13:22 | best anything at all |
| Kaal | 13:22 | 14:50 | avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools |
| Shubh | 14:50 | 16:18 | good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious |
| Rog | 16:18 | 17:47 | avoid confrontation and debt collection only |
Night
| Choghadiya | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 17:47 | 19:18 | avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools |
| Labh | 19:18 | 20:50 | good trade, starting a business, gain |
| Udveg | 20:50 | 22:22 | avoid government work only |
| Shubh | 22:22 | 23:53 | good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious |
| Amrit | 23:53 | 01:25 | best anything at all |
| Chal | 01:25 | 02:56 | neutral travel and movement |
| Rog | 02:56 | 04:28 | avoid confrontation and debt collection only |
| Kaal | 04:28 | 06:00 | avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools |
Gowri panchangam
The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.
| Gowri | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanam | 05:59 | 07:28 | good money, purchase, trade |
| Sugam | 07:28 | 08:56 | good travel, ease, hospitality |
| Amirdham | 08:56 | 10:25 | best anything auspicious |
| Uthi | 10:25 | 11:53 | neutral ordinary work |
| Soram | 11:53 | 13:22 | avoid nothing new |
| Rogam | 13:22 | 14:50 | avoid medicine only |
| Visham | 14:50 | 16:18 | avoid nothing new |
| Labham | 16:18 | 17:47 | good gain, new work |
Hora
Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.
| # | Hora lord | From | To | Suited to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars | 05:59 | 06:58 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 2 | Sun | 06:58 | 07:57 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 3 | Venus | 07:57 | 08:56 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 4 | Mercury | 08:56 | 09:55 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 5 | Moon | 09:55 | 10:54 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 6 | Saturn | 10:54 | 11:53 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 7 | Jupiter | 11:53 | 12:52 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 8 | Mars | 12:52 | 13:51 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 9 | Sun | 13:51 | 14:50 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 10 | Venus | 14:50 | 15:49 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 11 | Mercury | 15:49 | 16:48 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 12 | Moon | 16:48 | 17:47 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 13 night | Saturn | 17:47 | 18:48 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 14 night | Jupiter | 18:48 | 19:49 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 15 night | Mars | 19:49 | 20:50 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 16 night | Sun | 20:50 | 21:51 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 17 night | Venus | 21:51 | 22:52 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 18 night | Mercury | 22:52 | 23:53 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 19 night | Moon | 23:53 | 00:54 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 20 night | Saturn | 00:54 | 01:55 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 21 night | Jupiter | 01:55 | 02:56 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 22 night | Mars | 02:56 | 03:57 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 23 night | Sun | 03:57 | 04:59 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 24 night | Venus | 04:59 | 06:00 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
Festivals and observances
| Lunar month (amanta) | Ashwina |
|---|---|
| Lunar month (purnimanta) | Ashwina |
| Paksha | shukla |
| Tithi | 9 |
| Festivals and observances | Dated by | Kept in |
|---|---|---|
| Vijayadashami / Dussehra the tenth day, kept in aparahna - dating it from sunrise puts it a day late whenever the dashami begins late in the morning |
aparahna (afternoon) | all India |