Chennai panchang, 17 June 2026
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 07:50 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:46
- 08:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:35 to 05:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 21:39
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 13:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 20:51
- Karana Taitila until 11:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:37 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 00:27 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 13:06 – 14:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:37 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:56 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:44 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 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:39 Taurus
- 05:39 – 07:51 Gemini
- 07:51 – 10:00 Cancer
- 10:00 – 12:03 Leo
- 12:03 – 14:04 Virgo
- 14:04 – 16:11 Libra
- 16:11 – 18:23 Scorpio
- 18:23 – 20:30 Sagittarius
- 20:30 – 22:23 Capricorn
- 22:23 – 00:05 next day Aquarius
- 00:05 – 01:45 next day Pisces
- 01:45 – 03:33 next day Aries
- 03:33 – 05:35 next day Taurus
- 05:35 – 05:44 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