Chennai panchang, 24 July 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 14:31 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:01
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:37 to 05:53 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:13
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 04:36 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 20:11
- Karana Gara until 09:13, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:36 – 05:53 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. 04:23 – 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 – 04:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:13 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:53 – 07:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:28 – 09:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:04 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:37 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:29 – 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
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:53 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:53 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:53 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:53 NowSun
- 02:53 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:25 Gemini
- 05:25 – 07:35 Cancer
- 07:35 – 09:37 Leo
- 09:37 – 11:39 Virgo
- 11:39 – 13:46 Libra
- 13:46 – 15:58 Scorpio
- 15:58 – 18:05 Sagittarius
- 18:05 – 19:58 Capricorn
- 19:58 – 21:40 Aquarius
- 21:40 – 23:19 Pisces
- 23:19 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:10 next day Taurus
- 03:10 – 05:21 next day Gemini
- 05:21 – 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