Chennai panchang, 28 July 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 17:52 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:04 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:25 – 17:01
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:19
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:11 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 23:33
- Karana Vanija until 18:19, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:11 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:49 Moon enters Capricorn
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:11 – 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. 04:24 – 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 05:54 – 13:11
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:29 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Char | 09:04 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:25 – 17:01 | Good |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:36 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:09 Gemini
- 05:09 – 07:19 Cancer
- 07:19 – 09:22 Leo
- 09:22 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:30 Libra
- 13:30 – 15:42 Scorpio
- 15:42 – 17:49 Sagittarius
- 17:49 – 19:42 Capricorn
- 19:42 – 21:24 Aquarius
- 21:24 – 23:04 Pisces
- 23:04 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 02:54 next day Taurus
- 02:54 – 05:06 next day Gemini
- 05:06 – 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