Chennai panchang, 22 July 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 12:48 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:42
- Karana Balava until 18:07, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:07 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:42 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 17:52 – 20:04
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:03 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:52 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:51 | Good |
| Char | 22:51 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:28 – 05:53 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 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:52 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:52 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:52 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:33 Gemini
- 05:33 – 07:42 Cancer
- 07:42 – 09:45 Leo
- 09:45 – 11:47 Virgo
- 11:47 – 13:54 Libra
- 13:54 – 16:05 Scorpio
- 16:05 – 18:13 Sagittarius
- 18:13 – 20:06 Capricorn
- 20:06 – 21:48 Aquarius
- 21:48 – 23:27 Pisces
- 23:27 – 01:15 next day Aries
- 01:15 – 03:18 next day Taurus
- 03:18 – 05:29 next day Gemini
- 05:29 – 05:53 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