Choghadiya for Chennai, Tamil Nadu

The day from sunrise to sunset is divided into eight, and the night into eight more. Each part carries the quality of the planet it belongs to. Nothing here is a prediction; it is the same division a printed almanac gives, for this place and this date.

Times for Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Change town

Good time now · until 5:58 in the morningChar

The night in eight parts

Choghadiya today

CharRogKaalLabhUdvegShubhAmritChar

Sunset 5:56 in the afternoonMidnightSunrise 5:58 in the morning

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Now: Char · good, for travel · 4:28 to 5:58 in the morning

Before sunrise the day still counts as Monday: a panchang day runs from one sunrise to the next.

Day, sunrise to sunset

Monday, 5 October 2026

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 2026 ഒക്‌ടോബർ 5
Period	From	To	How it is read
Amrit — the best of the seven	5:58 in the morning	7:28 in the morning	Good
Kaal — avoided	7:28 in the morning	8:57 in the morning	Avoided
Shubh — auspicious	8:57 in the morning	10:27 in the morning	Good
Rog — avoided	10:27 in the morning	11:57 in the morning	Avoided
Udveg — unsettled, avoided	11:57 in the morning	1:27 in the afternoon	Avoided
Char — good, for travel	1:27 in the afternoon	2:56 in the afternoon	Good
Labh — gain	2:56 in the afternoon	4:26 in the afternoon	Good
Amrit — the best of the seven	4:26 in the afternoon	5:56 in the afternoon	Good

Night, sunset to sunrise

Monday, 5 October 2026 – Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 2026 ഒക്‌ടോബർ 5 – 2026 ഒക്‌ടോബർ 6
Period	From	To	How it is read
Char — good, for travel	5:56 in the afternoon	7:26 in the evening	Good
Rog — avoided	7:26 in the evening	8:56 in the evening	Avoided
Kaal — avoided	8:56 in the evening	10:27 at night	Avoided
Labh — gain	10:27 at night	11:57 at night	Good
Udveg — unsettled, avoided	11:57 at night	1:27 in the morning	Avoided
Shubh — auspicious	1:27 in the morning	2:57 in the morning	Good
Amrit — the best of the seven	2:57 in the morning	4:28 in the morning	Good
Char — good, for travel	4:28 in the morning	5:58 in the morning	Good

How this is worked out

The eight parts are eighths of the real day and the real night, so they are different lengths except at the equinoxes and every boundary matches a published almanac. Which name falls where is not arbitrary either: the day begins on the weekday's own planet and steps through them in the order the horas run, and the night begins on the fifth planet from that one. Seven names across eight slots is why the first one comes round again at the end.

Char is a good period, and the one for setting out on a journey.