Chennai panchang, 16 June 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 06:42 Jyeshtha 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 18:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:22 – 16:58
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:35 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:34 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 14:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:58
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. 04:14 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:52 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:33 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:22 – 16:58 | Good |
| Rog | 16:58 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:35 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:58 – 21:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:22 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:20 – 05:43 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 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:43 Taurus
- 05:43 – 07:55 Gemini
- 07:55 – 10:04 Cancer
- 10:04 – 12:07 Leo
- 12:07 – 14:08 Virgo
- 14:08 – 16:15 Libra
- 16:15 – 18:27 Scorpio
- 18:27 – 20:34 Sagittarius
- 20:34 – 22:27 Capricorn
- 22:27 – 00:09 next day Aquarius
- 00:09 – 01:49 next day Pisces
- 01:49 – 03:37 next day Aries
- 03:37 – 05:39 next day Taurus
- 05:39 – 05:43 next day Gemini
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