Chennai panchang, 28 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 16:07 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:42 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta 09:58 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:56
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:29 to 05:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 03:54 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 20:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:54 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:42 – 07:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:58 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:54 – 16:15 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 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:42 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:18 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Char | 10:30 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:53 – 18:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:29 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:53 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:30 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:18 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:42 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:42 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:42 NowSun
- 15:42 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:42 NowJupiter
- 20:42 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:42 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:56 Aries
- 04:56 – 06:58 Taurus
- 06:58 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:19 Cancer
- 11:19 – 13:22 Leo
- 13:22 – 15:23 Virgo
- 15:23 – 17:30 Libra
- 17:30 – 19:42 Scorpio
- 19:42 – 21:49 Sagittarius
- 21:49 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 01:24 next day Aquarius
- 01:24 – 03:04 next day Pisces
- 03:04 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 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