Chennai panchang, 27 July 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 17:05 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:29 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:04
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:15
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:28 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 22:55
- Karana Taitila until 16:15, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:28 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:55 – 00:07 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:28 – 05:54 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 – 05:09
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:28 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:29 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:25 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 08:01 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:13 Gemini
- 05:13 – 07:23 Cancer
- 07:23 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:46 Scorpio
- 15:46 – 17:53 Sagittarius
- 17:53 – 19:46 Capricorn
- 19:46 – 21:28 Aquarius
- 21:28 – 23:08 Pisces
- 23:08 – 00:56 next day Aries
- 00:56 – 02:58 next day Taurus
- 02:58 – 05:09 next day Gemini
- 05:09 – 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