Chennai panchang, 17 May 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 05:48 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:26
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:26 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:41
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:15
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:36, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 11:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:32 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:59 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 06:15 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:26
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 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:43 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:05 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowSun
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:41 Taurus
- 07:41 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:02 Cancer
- 12:02 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 16:06 Virgo
- 16:06 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:25 Scorpio
- 20:25 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:25 next day Capricorn
- 00:25 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:35 next day Aries
- 05:35 – 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