Chennai panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:24 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam 08:55 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:15
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:24 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:55 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:55 | Good |
| Rog | 08:55 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:20 – 05:45 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 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:22 Pisces
- 04:22 – 06:10 Aries
- 06:10 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:24 Gemini
- 10:24 – 12:33 Cancer
- 12:33 – 14:36 Leo
- 14:36 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:45 Libra
- 18:45 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:03 Sagittarius
- 23:03 – 00:57 next day Capricorn
- 00:57 – 02:39 next day Aquarius
- 02:39 – 04:18 next day Pisces
- 04:18 – 05:45 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