Chennai panchang, 26 June 2026
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 15:44 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:01
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:33 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:37 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 11:38
- Karana Bava until 09:14, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:38 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:16 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:01
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. 04:16 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:45 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:58 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:24 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:58 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:46 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 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:04 Taurus
- 05:04 – 07:15 Gemini
- 07:15 – 09:25 Cancer
- 09:25 – 11:28 Leo
- 11:28 – 13:29 Virgo
- 13:29 – 15:36 Libra
- 15:36 – 17:48 Scorpio
- 17:48 – 19:55 Sagittarius
- 19:55 – 21:48 Capricorn
- 21:48 – 23:30 Aquarius
- 23:30 – 01:10 next day Pisces
- 01:10 – 02:58 next day Aries
- 02:58 – 05:00 next day Taurus
- 05:00 – 05:46 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