Chennai panchang, 19 May 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 07:57 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 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:51
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:18
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:41 · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 17:48
- Karana Gara until 14:18, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:41 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:48 – 19:48
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 18:27 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 14:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:41 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:19 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:43 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:33 Taurus
- 07:33 – 09:45 Gemini
- 09:45 – 11:54 Cancer
- 11:54 – 13:57 Leo
- 13:57 – 15:58 Virgo
- 15:58 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:17 Scorpio
- 20:17 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 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