Horā — Chennai, 04 January 2026

Sunday. The 24 planetary hours for Chennai, computed from the local sunrise and sunset (day and night hours are unequal by season).

Benefic horās today: Venus 07:30–08:26; Mercury 08:26–09:23; Moon 09:23–10:20; Jupiter 11:17–12:13; Venus 14:07–15:04; Mercury 15:04–16:00 (IST). Sunrise 06:33 · sunset 17:54, Chennai.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Sun06:33–07:30Malefic
Venus07:30–08:26Benefic
Mercury08:26–09:23Benefic
Moon09:23–10:20Benefic
Saturn10:20–11:17Malefic
Jupiter11:17–12:13Benefic
Mars12:13–13:10Malefic
Sun13:10–14:07Malefic
Venus14:07–15:04Benefic
Mercury15:04–16:00Benefic
Moon16:00–16:57Benefic
Saturn16:57–17:54Malefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Jupiter17:54–18:57Benefic
Mars18:57–20:00Malefic
Sun20:00–21:04Malefic
Venus21:04–22:07Benefic
Mercury22:07–23:10Benefic
Moon23:10–00:13Benefic
Saturn00:13–01:17Malefic
Jupiter01:17–02:20Benefic
Mars02:20–03:23Malefic
Sun03:23–04:27Malefic
Venus04:27–05:30Benefic
Mercury05:30–06:33Benefic

Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon rule the classically benefic hours; the Sun, Mars, Saturn hours are treated as malefic for new undertakings. See also the Chennai Choghaḍiyā and the full Chennai panchāṅga for 04 January 2026.

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How this table was computed

Method12 day hours (sunrise→sunset) and 12 night hours (sunset→next sunrise), unequal by season; the sequence runs in the Chaldean order starting from the weekday lord's hour (classical derivation); sunrise/sunset from Swiss Ephemeris
SourceSwiss Ephemeris sunrise/sunset (sidereal Lahiri chart context)
Engineastroamrit seo-tables horā (Chennai 2026-01-04)

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