Chennai panchang, 14 May 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 03:18 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:25- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:53
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:25 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:34 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 11:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 17:53
- Karana Taitila until 11:21, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 11:21 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:34 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:34 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:53
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 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 22:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:34 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:19 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:25 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:53 Taurus
- 07:53 – 10:04 Gemini
- 10:04 – 12:14 Cancer
- 12:14 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:25 Libra
- 18:25 – 20:37 Scorpio
- 20:37 – 22:44 Sagittarius
- 22:44 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:19 next day Aquarius
- 02:19 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:44 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