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Panchang for Chennai — 3 September 2026

Krishna Saptami tithi, Krittika nakshatra · Thursday · Tamil Nadu (13.0827°, 80.2707°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Simha (Shravana)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Chennai (13.0827°, 80.2707°)'s own sunrise — 05:58 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Saptamiuntil 02:25 AMBhadra tithi (the 2nd, 7th and 12th of a pakṣa) — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraKrittika · pada 1until 12:29 AMMishra nakshatra — Mixed results; fire-rituals and routine works.
YogaVyaghatauntil 06:33 PMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 03:27 PMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:58 AM
Sunset06:19 PM
Moonrise10:57 PM
Moonset11:10 AM
Moon inAries
Sun inLeo
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Varsha

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:43 AM – 12:33 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:22 AM – 05:10 AM
Amrit Kalam10:11 PM – 11:42 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:41 PM – 03:13 PM
Gulika Kalam09:03 AM – 10:35 AM
Yamaganda05:58 AM – 07:30 AM
Varjyam01:05 PM – 02:36 PM
Durmuhurta01:22 PM – 02:12 PM
Durmuhurta04:40 PM – 05:29 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh05:58 AM – 07:30 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog07:30 AM – 09:03 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg09:03 AM – 10:35 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:35 AM – 12:08 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:08 PM – 01:41 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:41 PM – 03:13 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:13 PM – 04:46 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:46 PM – 06:19 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit06:19 PM – 07:46 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:46 PM – 09:13 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:13 PM – 10:41 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:41 PM – 12:08 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:08 AM – 01:35 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:35 AM – 03:03 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:03 AM – 04:30 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:30 AM – 05:58 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle