Chennai panchang, 21 May 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:08 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:54
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:27 to 05:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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) 11:40 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:43 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 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 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:46 Cancer
- 11:46 – 13:49 Leo
- 13:49 – 15:51 Virgo
- 15:51 – 17:57 Libra
- 17:57 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:10 next day Capricorn
- 00:10 – 01:51 next day Aquarius
- 01:51 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:19 next day Aries
- 05:19 – 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