Chennai panchang, 7 May 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 23:15 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:46 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:24 to 05:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 01:59 next day
- Karana Taitila until 10:14, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:26 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
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. 04:15 – 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 18:24 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:45 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:46 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:55 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:59 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:46 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:30 Pisces
- 04:30 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:32 Gemini
- 10:32 – 12:41 Cancer
- 12:41 – 14:44 Leo
- 14:44 – 16:46 Virgo
- 16:46 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:11 Sagittarius
- 23:11 – 01:05 next day Capricorn
- 01:05 – 02:46 next day Aquarius
- 02:46 – 04:26 next day Pisces
- 04:26 – 05:46 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