Chennai panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 04:52 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:44 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:15
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:26 to 05:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:15
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 – 04:58
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:43 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 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:45 Taurus
- 07:45 – 09:57 Gemini
- 09:57 – 12:06 Cancer
- 12:06 – 14:09 Leo
- 14:09 – 16:10 Virgo
- 16:10 – 18:17 Libra
- 18:17 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:36 Sagittarius
- 22:36 – 00:29 next day Capricorn
- 00:29 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:51 next day Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 05:43 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