Chennai panchang, 22 May 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 11:08 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 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:29 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:52
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:28 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 08:19
- Karana Taitila until 06:25, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 06:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:19 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:08 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:52
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 16:40 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 02:08 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:08 – 05:42 next day
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 18:28 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 06:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:43 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:29 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:42 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 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:33 Gemini
- 09:33 – 11:42 Cancer
- 11:42 – 13:45 Leo
- 13:45 – 15:47 Virgo
- 15:47 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 20:05 Scorpio
- 20:05 – 22:12 Sagittarius
- 22:12 – 00:06 next day Capricorn
- 00:06 – 01:47 next day Aquarius
- 01:47 – 03:27 next day Pisces
- 03:27 – 05:15 next day Aries
- 05:15 – 05:42 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