Chennai panchang, 3 May 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 19:53 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:23
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:02 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:54, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:10 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 13:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 03:02 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:02 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:23
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 07:10
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:10 – 05:47 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:48 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:22 – 05:47 next day | Good |
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
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:46 Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 12:57 Cancer
- 12:57 – 15:00 Leo
- 15:00 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:20 Scorpio
- 21:20 – 23:27 Sagittarius
- 23:27 – 01:20 next day Capricorn
- 01:20 – 03:02 next day Aquarius
- 03:02 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 05:47 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