Chennai panchang, 16 July 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 07:37 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:51 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:05
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:38 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 08:53
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:53, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 08:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:22 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:05
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:22 – 22:46 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. 04:21 – 05:06
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:52 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:03 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 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 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:59 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:11 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
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 03:59 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:57 Gemini
- 05:57 – 08:06 Cancer
- 08:06 – 10:09 Leo
- 10:09 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 14:17 Libra
- 14:17 – 16:29 Scorpio
- 16:29 – 18:36 Sagittarius
- 18:36 – 20:29 Capricorn
- 20:29 – 22:11 Aquarius
- 22:11 – 23:51 Pisces
- 23:51 – 01:39 next day Aries
- 01:39 – 03:41 next day Taurus
- 03:41 – 05:51 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