Chennai panchang, 15 May 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 04:02 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 18:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:50
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:26 to 05:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:31
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:14 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:21
- Karana Vanija until 08:31, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 18:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 05:11 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- 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 15:15 – 16:50
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. 04:13 – 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 18:26 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:44 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Char | 16:50 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:50 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:49 Taurus
- 07:49 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:13 Leo
- 14:13 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:40 Sagittarius
- 22:40 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:15 next day Aquarius
- 02:15 – 03:55 next day Pisces
- 03:55 – 05:43 next day Aries
- 05:43 – 05:44 next day Taurus
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