Chennai panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 18:10 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:23 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:31 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:49 – 07:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:23 – 08:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:57 – 10:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:31 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:57 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:48 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:54 Pisces
- 04:54 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:44 Taurus
- 08:44 – 10:55 Gemini
- 10:55 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:08 Leo
- 15:08 – 17:09 Virgo
- 17:09 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:35 Sagittarius
- 23:35 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 03:10 next day Aquarius
- 03:10 – 04:50 next day Pisces
- 04:50 – 05:48 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method