Chennai panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:04 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:40
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:27 Aries
- 05:27 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 11:50 Cancer
- 11:50 – 13:53 Leo
- 13:53 – 15:55 Virgo
- 15:55 – 18:01 Libra
- 18:01 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:20 Sagittarius
- 22:20 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 01:55 next day Aquarius
- 01:55 – 03:35 next day Pisces
- 03:35 – 05:23 next day Aries
- 05:23 – 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