Chennai panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 23:59 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:21 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:49
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:24 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 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. 04:15 – 05:00
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:21 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:24 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:20 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:26 Pisces
- 04:26 – 06:14 Aries
- 06:14 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:28 Gemini
- 10:28 – 12:37 Cancer
- 12:37 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 16:42 Virgo
- 16:42 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 21:00 Scorpio
- 21:00 – 23:07 Sagittarius
- 23:07 – 01:01 next day Capricorn
- 01:01 – 02:42 next day Aquarius
- 02:42 – 04:22 next day Pisces
- 04:22 – 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