Horā — Chennai, 20 October 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 07:58–08:57; Mercury 08:57–09:56; Moon 09:56–10:54; Jupiter 11:53–12:52; Venus 14:50–15:48; Mercury 15:48–16:47 (IST). Sunrise 06:00 · sunset 17:46, Chennai.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Mars06:00–06:59Malefic
Sun06:59–07:58Malefic
Venus07:58–08:57Benefic
Mercury08:57–09:56Benefic
Moon09:56–10:54Benefic
Saturn10:54–11:53Malefic
Jupiter11:53–12:52Benefic
Mars12:52–13:51Malefic
Sun13:51–14:50Malefic
Venus14:50–15:48Benefic
Mercury15:48–16:47Benefic
Moon16:47–17:46Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Saturn17:46–18:47Malefic
Jupiter18:47–19:48Benefic
Mars19:48–20:50Malefic
Sun20:50–21:51Malefic
Venus21:51–22:52Benefic
Mercury22:52–23:53Benefic
Moon23:53–00:54Benefic
Saturn00:54–01:56Malefic
Jupiter01:56–02:57Benefic
Mars02:57–03:58Malefic
Sun03:58–04:59Malefic
Venus04:59–06:01Benefic

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 20 October 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 2026-10-20)

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