Chennai panchang, 5 May 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 21:37 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:49
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 12:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 00:16 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:38, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:54 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 12:54 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:38 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:16 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:49
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 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:22 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Rog | 16:49 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:49 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:21 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:59 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:59 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:38 Pisces
- 04:38 – 06:26 Aries
- 06:26 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:40 Gemini
- 10:40 – 12:49 Cancer
- 12:49 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 16:54 Virgo
- 16:54 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:12 Scorpio
- 21:12 – 23:19 Sagittarius
- 23:19 – 01:13 next day Capricorn
- 01:13 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:34 next day Pisces
- 04:34 – 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