Chennai panchang, 13 July 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 04:19 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:26 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:05
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
18:38 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 02:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:00
- Karana Vishti until 08:40, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:40 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:50 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:00 – 19:36
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) 11:49 – 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
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:26 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:14 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:14 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 06:08 Gemini
- 06:08 – 08:18 Cancer
- 08:18 – 10:21 Leo
- 10:21 – 12:22 Virgo
- 12:22 – 14:29 Libra
- 14:29 – 16:41 Scorpio
- 16:41 – 18:48 Sagittarius
- 18:48 – 20:41 Capricorn
- 20:41 – 22:23 Aquarius
- 22:23 – 00:03 next day Pisces
- 00:03 – 01:51 next day Aries
- 01:51 – 03:53 next day Taurus
- 03:53 – 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