Chennai panchang, 23 July 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 13:39 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:53 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:03
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 01:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 19:20
- Karana Kaulava until 07:03, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 07:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:01 Moon enters Scorpio
- 19:20 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 20:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 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 – 16:04
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. 04:23 – 05:08
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 05:53 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:03 – 05:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:42 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:53 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:28 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 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 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 04:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:28 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:22 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:22 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:04 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
- 05:53 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:53 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:53 NowVenus
- 16:53 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:53 NowSaturn
- 19:53 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:53 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:29 Gemini
- 05:29 – 07:38 Cancer
- 07:38 – 09:41 Leo
- 09:41 – 11:43 Virgo
- 11:43 – 13:50 Libra
- 13:50 – 16:02 Scorpio
- 16:02 – 18:09 Sagittarius
- 18:09 – 20:02 Capricorn
- 20:02 – 21:44 Aquarius
- 21:44 – 23:23 Pisces
- 23:23 – 01:11 next day Aries
- 01:11 – 03:14 next day Taurus
- 03:14 – 05:25 next day Gemini
- 05:25 – 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