Chennai panchang, 21 July 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 11:58 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 18:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:02
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:37 to 05:52 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 05:17 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 20:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 18:25
- Karana Vishti until 16:35, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:54 Moon enters Libra
- 16:35 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:17 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 05:17 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:02
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 18:37 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:52 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:02 | Good |
| Rog | 17:02 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:37 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 05:52 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 08:00 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:00 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:37 Gemini
- 05:37 – 07:46 Cancer
- 07:46 – 09:49 Leo
- 09:49 – 11:51 Virgo
- 11:51 – 13:58 Libra
- 13:58 – 16:09 Scorpio
- 16:09 – 18:16 Sagittarius
- 18:16 – 20:10 Capricorn
- 20:10 – 21:52 Aquarius
- 21:52 – 23:31 Pisces
- 23:31 – 01:19 next day Aries
- 01:19 – 03:22 next day Taurus
- 03:22 – 05:33 next day Gemini
- 05:33 – 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