Chennai panchang, 18 June 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 08:55 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:44 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:46 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:01
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:35 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 18:59
- Nakshatra Pushya until 11:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:35
- Karana Vanija until 08:14, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:14 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:14 – 18:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:01
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) 11:44 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:49
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:44 – 11:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 11:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 11:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:59 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:44 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:46 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:59 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:59 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:46 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:44 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
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:44 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 05:35 Taurus
- 05:35 – 07:47 Gemini
- 07:47 – 09:56 Cancer
- 09:56 – 11:59 Leo
- 11:59 – 14:01 Virgo
- 14:01 – 16:07 Libra
- 16:07 – 18:19 Scorpio
- 18:19 – 20:26 Sagittarius
- 20:26 – 22:20 Capricorn
- 22:20 – 00:01 next day Aquarius
- 00:01 – 01:41 next day Pisces
- 01:41 – 03:29 next day Aries
- 03:29 – 05:31 next day Taurus
- 05:31 – 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