Chennai panchang, 26 July 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 16:15 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 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:36
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:58
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 07:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 22:05
- Karana Balava until 13:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 07:35 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 03:08 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 22:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 07:35
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 18:36 – 20:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:35 – 05:54 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:35 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 05:54 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 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:17 Gemini
- 05:17 – 07:27 Cancer
- 07:27 – 09:30 Leo
- 09:30 – 11:31 Virgo
- 11:31 – 13:38 Libra
- 13:38 – 15:50 Scorpio
- 15:50 – 17:57 Sagittarius
- 17:57 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:32 Aquarius
- 21:32 – 23:12 Pisces
- 23:12 – 01:00 next day Aries
- 01:00 – 03:02 next day Taurus
- 03:02 – 05:13 next day Gemini
- 05:13 – 05:54 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