Chennai panchang, 9 July 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 00:30 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:05 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:38 to 05:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 10:38
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:12
- Karana Gara until 10:38, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:12 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 10:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:05 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:04
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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 14:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:38 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:25 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:01 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 06:24 Gemini
- 06:24 – 08:33 Cancer
- 08:33 – 10:36 Leo
- 10:36 – 12:38 Virgo
- 12:38 – 14:45 Libra
- 14:45 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:04 Sagittarius
- 19:04 – 20:57 Capricorn
- 20:57 – 22:39 Aquarius
- 22:39 – 00:18 next day Pisces
- 00:18 – 02:06 next day Aries
- 02:06 – 04:09 next day Taurus
- 04:09 – 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