Chennai panchang, 20 July 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 11:09 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:38 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 18:37
- Karana Gara until 15:41, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 19:09 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- 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 – 16:04
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:09 – 05:52 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. 04:22 – 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 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:28 – 19:09
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 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 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:28 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:19 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
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:41 Gemini
- 05:41 – 07:50 Cancer
- 07:50 – 09:53 Leo
- 09:53 – 11:55 Virgo
- 11:55 – 14:01 Libra
- 14:01 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:20 Sagittarius
- 18:20 – 20:14 Capricorn
- 20:14 – 21:55 Aquarius
- 21:55 – 23:35 Pisces
- 23:35 – 01:23 next day Aries
- 01:23 – 03:25 next day Taurus
- 03:25 – 05:37 next day Gemini
- 05:37 – 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