Chennai panchang, 8 July 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:38 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:25 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:50
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:38 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:22
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:38
- Karana Kaulava until 12:22, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:38 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 16:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:00 Moon enters Aries
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 16:00
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:00 – 05:49 next day
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. 04:19 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:25 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:25 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:28 Gemini
- 06:28 – 08:37 Cancer
- 08:37 – 10:40 Leo
- 10:40 – 12:42 Virgo
- 12:42 – 14:49 Libra
- 14:49 – 17:01 Scorpio
- 17:01 – 19:08 Sagittarius
- 19:08 – 21:01 Capricorn
- 21:01 – 22:43 Aquarius
- 22:43 – 00:22 next day Pisces
- 00:22 – 02:10 next day Aries
- 02:10 – 04:13 next day Taurus
- 04:13 – 05:49 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