Chennai panchang, 19 July 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:20 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:56 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:38
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 18:12 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 19:23
- Karana Kaulava until 15:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:12 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:23 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 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. 04:22 – 05:07
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 18:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 18:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 18:12 – 05:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:12 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 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 – 22:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:03 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:19 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
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:45 Gemini
- 05:45 – 07:54 Cancer
- 07:54 – 09:57 Leo
- 09:57 – 11:59 Virgo
- 11:59 – 14:05 Libra
- 14:05 – 16:17 Scorpio
- 16:17 – 18:24 Sagittarius
- 18:24 – 20:18 Capricorn
- 20:18 – 21:59 Aquarius
- 21:59 – 23:39 Pisces
- 23:39 – 01:27 next day Aries
- 01:27 – 03:29 next day Taurus
- 03:29 – 05:41 next day Gemini
- 05:41 – 05:52 next day Cancer
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