Chennai panchang, 12 July 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 03:12 Jyeshtha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:38
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:38 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Rohini until 08:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:06
- Karana Gara until 12:19, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:06 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:38
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. 04:20 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:26 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:12 Gemini
- 06:12 – 08:22 Cancer
- 08:22 – 10:25 Leo
- 10:25 – 12:26 Virgo
- 12:26 – 14:33 Libra
- 14:33 – 16:45 Scorpio
- 16:45 – 18:52 Sagittarius
- 18:52 – 20:45 Capricorn
- 20:45 – 22:27 Aquarius
- 22:27 – 00:07 next day Pisces
- 00:07 – 01:55 next day Aries
- 01:55 – 03:57 next day Taurus
- 03:57 – 05:50 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