Horā — Chennai, 09 January 2026

Friday. 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 06:34–07:31; Mercury 07:31–08:28; Moon 08:28–09:25; Jupiter 10:22–11:19; Venus 13:12–14:09; Mercury 14:09–15:06 (IST). Sunrise 06:34 · sunset 17:57, Chennai.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Venus06:34–07:31Benefic
Mercury07:31–08:28Benefic
Moon08:28–09:25Benefic
Saturn09:25–10:22Malefic
Jupiter10:22–11:19Benefic
Mars11:19–12:15Malefic
Sun12:15–13:12Malefic
Venus13:12–14:09Benefic
Mercury14:09–15:06Benefic
Moon15:06–16:03Benefic
Saturn16:03–17:00Malefic
Jupiter17:00–17:57Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars17:57–19:00Malefic
Sun19:00–20:03Malefic
Venus20:03–21:06Benefic
Mercury21:06–22:09Benefic
Moon22:09–23:12Benefic
Saturn23:12–00:16Malefic
Jupiter00:16–01:19Benefic
Mars01:19–02:22Malefic
Sun02:22–03:25Malefic
Venus03:25–04:28Benefic
Mercury04:28–05:31Benefic
Moon05:31–06:35Benefic

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 09 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 2026-01-09)

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