Chennai panchang, 24 June 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 14:04 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:47
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:37 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:12
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:59 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 10:23
- Karana Gara until 18:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:47
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. 04:16 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:12 Taurus
- 05:12 – 07:23 Gemini
- 07:23 – 09:32 Cancer
- 09:32 – 11:35 Leo
- 11:35 – 13:37 Virgo
- 13:37 – 15:44 Libra
- 15:44 – 17:56 Scorpio
- 17:56 – 20:03 Sagittarius
- 20:03 – 21:56 Capricorn
- 21:56 – 23:38 Aquarius
- 23:38 – 01:17 next day Pisces
- 01:17 – 03:05 next day Aries
- 03:05 – 05:08 next day Taurus
- 05:08 – 05:45 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