Horā — Chennai, 06 January 2026

Tuesday. 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 08:27–09:24; Mercury 09:24–10:21; Moon 10:21–11:17; Jupiter 12:14–13:11; Venus 15:05–16:01; Mercury 16:01–16:58 (IST). Sunrise 06:33 · sunset 17:55, Chennai.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars06:33–07:30Malefic
Sun07:30–08:27Malefic
Venus08:27–09:24Benefic
Mercury09:24–10:21Benefic
Moon10:21–11:17Benefic
Saturn11:17–12:14Malefic
Jupiter12:14–13:11Benefic
Mars13:11–14:08Malefic
Sun14:08–15:05Malefic
Venus15:05–16:01Benefic
Mercury16:01–16:58Benefic
Moon16:58–17:55Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Saturn17:55–18:58Malefic
Jupiter18:58–20:01Benefic
Mars20:01–21:05Malefic
Sun21:05–22:08Malefic
Venus22:08–23:11Benefic
Mercury23:11–00:14Benefic
Moon00:14–01:18Benefic
Saturn01:18–02:21Malefic
Jupiter02:21–03:24Benefic
Mars03:24–04:27Malefic
Sun04:27–05:31Malefic
Venus05:31–06:34Benefic

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 06 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 2026-01-06)

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