Chennai panchang, 29 May 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 16:57 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 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:15 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:54
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:30 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 04:35 next day
- Karana Taitila until 09:51, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:15 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:54
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 18:30 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:38 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:30 – 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
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:52 Aries
- 04:52 – 06:54 Taurus
- 06:54 – 09:05 Gemini
- 09:05 – 11:15 Cancer
- 11:15 – 13:18 Leo
- 13:18 – 15:19 Virgo
- 15:19 – 17:26 Libra
- 17:26 – 19:38 Scorpio
- 19:38 – 21:45 Sagittarius
- 21:45 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:20 next day Aquarius
- 01:20 – 03:00 next day Pisces
- 03:00 – 04:48 next day Aries
- 04:48 – 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