Chennai panchang, 27 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 15:18 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:41
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:22
- Nakshatra Hasta until 05:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:22, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 06:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:00 Moon enters Libra
- 19:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:41
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 05:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 05:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 07:02 Taurus
- 07:02 – 09:13 Gemini
- 09:13 – 11:23 Cancer
- 11:23 – 13:25 Leo
- 13:25 – 15:27 Virgo
- 15:27 – 17:34 Libra
- 17:34 – 19:46 Scorpio
- 19:46 – 21:53 Sagittarius
- 21:53 – 23:46 Capricorn
- 23:46 – 01:28 next day Aquarius
- 01:28 – 03:07 next day Pisces
- 03:07 – 04:56 next day Aries
- 04:56 – 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