Chennai Panchangam 20 September 2026
Sunday, 20 September 2026 · Purattasi 4, Parabhava year
Tamil Nadu, India
Your day at a glance
Time in Chennai
Rahu Kalam: 4:36 PM – 6:07 PMTap any colour on the dial to see what it means
Times to avoid
Rahu Kalam?About 90 minutes each day when people avoid starting anything new — signing, buying, setting out. Work already in progress is fine. | 4:36 PM – 6:07 PM |
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Yamagandam?Another avoid-window. Tradition says things begun now don’t finish well, so big starts and journeys wait. | 12:02 PM – 1:34 PM |
Gulikai Kalam?Whatever you do in Gulikai is said to repeat. Skipped for things you never want again (loans, funerals); some use it for things they do. | 3:05 PM – 4:36 PM |
Auspicious times
Abhijit Muhurtham?The midday power slot around local noon — considered good for almost anything. Not used on Wednesdays. | 11:38 AM – 12:27 PM |
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Brahma Muhurtham?The calm window before dawn, prized for study, meditation and yoga. | 4:23 AM – 5:11 AM |
Nalla Neram?The Tamil way to pick a good time: day and night are each cut into 8 slots, and every slot has a name that says whether it’s good or not. | 5:58 AM – 7:29 AM Uthi7:29 AM – 9:00 AM Amirdha10:31 AM – 12:02 PM Laabam12:02 PM – 1:34 PM Dhanam1:34 PM – 3:05 PM SugamGowri Panchangam → |
Five limbs of the day
| Day | Sunday |
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Tithi?The lunar day. Each time the Moon pulls 12° further from the Sun a new tithi begins — 30 in a lunar month, so it can change at any hour. | Shukla Navami until 5:51 PM then Shukla Dasami |
Nakshatra?The star-zone the Moon is passing through. There are 27; the one at your birth is your birth star. | Purva Ashadha (Pooradam) until 4:34 AM (21 Sep) then Uttara Ashadha (Uthiradam) |
Yoga?One of 27 combinations of the Sun’s and Moon’s positions, each with its own flavour for the day. | Saubhagya until 3:22 PM then Shobhana |
Karana?Half a tithi. Eleven kinds cycle through the month; Vishti (Bhadra) is the one people avoid. | Kaulava until 5:51 PM then Taitila |
Moon sign (Rasi)?The zodiac sign (rasi) the Moon is in right now. It moves on every 2¼ days. | Dhanus (Sagittarius) all day |
| Sun sign | Kanya (Virgo) |
| Lunar month (amanta) | Bhadrapada, Shukla Paksha |
Chandrashtama for?If this is your moon sign, the Moon is in your 8th house — tradition says keep it low-key and put off big decisions. | Rishabha (Taurus) all day |
Nalla Neram – Gowri Panchangam?
The Tamil way to pick a good time: day and night are each cut into 8 slots, and every slot has a name that says whether it’s good or not.
Nalla Neram – Gowri Panchangam?
The Tamil way to pick a good time: day and night are each cut into 8 slots, and every slot has a name that says whether it’s good or not.
Gowri Panchangam – Daytime
- 5:58 AM – 7:29 AMUthiGood for effort and new work
- 7:29 AM – 9:00 AMAmirdhaThe best slot — go for it
- 9:00 AM – 10:31 AMRogamLinked with illness — avoid
- 10:31 AM – 12:02 PMLaabamGain — good for business
- 12:02 PM – 1:34 PMDhanamWealth — good for money matters
- 1:34 PM – 3:05 PMSugamComfort — generally good
- 3:05 PM – 4:36 PMSoramLinked with loss — avoid
- 4:36 PM – 6:07 PMVishamPoison — avoid
Gowri Panchangam – Night
- 6:07 PM – 7:36 PMDhanamWealth — good for money matters
- 7:36 PM – 9:05 PMSugamComfort — generally good
- 9:05 PM – 10:34 PMSoramLinked with loss — avoid
- 10:34 PM – 12:02 AM (21 Sep)VishamPoison — avoid
- 12:02 AM – 1:31 AM (21 Sep)UthiGood for effort and new work
- 1:31 AM – 3:00 AM (21 Sep)AmirdhaThe best slot — go for it
- 3:00 AM – 4:29 AM (21 Sep)RogamLinked with illness — avoid
- 4:29 AM – 5:58 AM (21 Sep)LaabamGain — good for business
About today’s panchangam for Chennai
In Chennai on Sunday, 20 September 2026, the sun rises at 5:58 AM and sets at 6:07 PM. Rahu Kalam runs 4:36 PM – 6:07 PM, Yamagandam 12:02 PM – 1:34 PM and Gulikai Kalam 3:05 PM – 4:36 PM. These periods, like the good-time slots, are found by dividing the time between local sunrise and sunset into eight equal parts — which is why they shift from city to city and day to day, and why a fixed “7:30 to 9:00” chart is only an approximation.
The day begins at sunrise with Shukla Navami tithi and Purva Ashadha (Pooradam) nakshatra. The Tamil date is Purattasi 4, Parabhava year.
Rahu Kalam for the next 7 days · Today’s hora timings · Monthly calendar · How these are calculated
All times are local time in Chennai (IST). Calculated astronomically (Thirukanitha / Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsa) for the exact coordinates of Chennai.