Chennai, Thursday, 5 November 2026
Thursday 5 November 2026 · Aippasi 19
The next day, Friday 6 November · Aippasi 20
Sunrise 6:04 am, sunset 5:41 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Ekadashi
until 10:36 am
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Uttara Phalguni
until 3:56 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Indra
until 6:27 am; then Vaidhriti until 5:10 am Friday
Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.
Karana · Balava
until 10:36 am; then Kaulava until 10:31 pm
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
No Bhadra Karanam between this sunrise and the next.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:20 pm – 2:47 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:04 am – 7:31 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
8:58 am – 10:25 am
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Thursday, the same in every Tamil Nadu city.
Choghadiya
The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Thursday the day starts with Shubh.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:04 am – 7:31 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:31 am – 8:58 am | Rog | avoid |
| 8:58 am – 10:25 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:25 am – 11:52 am | Char | neutral |
| 11:52 am – 1:20 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:20 pm – 2:47 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 2:47 pm – 4:14 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:14 pm – 5:41 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:41 pm – 7:14 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:14 pm – 8:47 pm | Char | neutral |
| 8:47 pm – 10:20 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:20 pm – 11:53 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 11:53 pm – 1:25 am | Labh | good |
| 1:25 am – 2:58 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 2:58 am – 4:31 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:31 am – 6:04 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:29 am – 12:16 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 3:26 am Friday, moonset 2:51 pm.
Hora
Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: Jupiter on a Thursday.
| 6:04 am – 7:02 am | Jupiter |
| 7:02 am – 8:00 am | Mars |
| 8:00 am – 8:58 am | Sun |
| 8:58 am – 9:56 am | Venus |
| 9:56 am – 10:54 am | Mercury |
| 10:54 am – 11:52 am | Moon |
| 11:52 am – 12:51 pm | Saturn |
| 12:51 pm – 1:49 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:49 pm – 2:47 pm | Mars |
| 2:47 pm – 3:45 pm | Sun |
| 3:45 pm – 4:43 pm | Venus |
| 4:43 pm – 5:41 pm | Mercury |
| 5:41 pm – 6:43 pm | Moon |
| 6:43 pm – 7:45 pm | Saturn |
| 7:45 pm – 8:47 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:47 pm – 9:49 pm | Mars |
| 9:49 pm – 10:51 pm | Sun |
| 10:51 pm – 11:53 pm | Venus |
| 11:53 pm – 12:54 am | Mercury |
| 12:54 am – 1:56 am | Moon |
| 1:56 am – 2:58 am | Saturn |
| 2:58 am – 4:00 am | Jupiter |
| 4:00 am – 5:02 am | Mars |
| 5:02 am – 6:04 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 11 hours and 38 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 87 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 6:27 am, tithi and karana at 10:36 am, karana at 10:31 pm, nakshatra at 3:56 am Friday, yoga at 5:10 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:20 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 5 November 2026?
Krishna Ekadashi, until 10:36 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:04 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 5 November 2026?
1:20 pm to 2:47 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:04 am to 7:31 am and Gulikai 8:58 am to 10:25 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 5 November 2026?
During daylight: Shubh 6:04 am to 7:31 am, Labh 11:52 am to 1:20 pm, Shubh 4:14 pm to 5:41 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:29 am to 12:16 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 5 November 2026?
Moonrise is at 3:26 am on Friday 6 November.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Chennai (13.0827°N, 80.2707°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.