Chennai panchang, 26 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 14:31 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
05:42 to 18:29- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 08:54 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:05 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:53
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:22 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:10 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:43, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 17:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:10 – 03:25 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. 04:12 – 04:57
- 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 18:29 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Char | 08:54 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 12:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:05 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:29 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:21 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 01:58 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:03 Aries
- 05:03 – 07:06 Taurus
- 07:06 – 09:17 Gemini
- 09:17 – 11:26 Cancer
- 11:26 – 13:29 Leo
- 13:29 – 15:31 Virgo
- 15:31 – 17:38 Libra
- 17:38 – 19:50 Scorpio
- 19:50 – 21:57 Sagittarius
- 21:57 – 23:50 Capricorn
- 23:50 – 01:32 next day Aquarius
- 01:32 – 03:11 next day Pisces
- 03:11 – 04:59 next day Aries
- 04:59 – 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