Chennai panchang, 10 May 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 00:40 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:24
- 12:13 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 15:07
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 00:50 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 02:09 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:07, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:13 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 15:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:09 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:24
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. 04:14 – 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 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:20 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:18 Pisces
- 04:18 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:09 Taurus
- 08:09 – 10:20 Gemini
- 10:20 – 12:29 Cancer
- 12:29 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:34 Virgo
- 16:34 – 18:41 Libra
- 18:41 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 02:35 next day Aquarius
- 02:35 – 04:14 next day Pisces
- 04:14 – 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