Chennai panchang, 29 July 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 18:36 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:15 – 13:50
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:36 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 20:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:57
- Karana Vishti until 07:15, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 20:05 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:57 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:50
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:15 | Good |
| Rog | 12:15 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:15 Cancer
- 07:15 – 09:18 Leo
- 09:18 – 11:19 Virgo
- 11:19 – 13:26 Libra
- 13:26 – 15:38 Scorpio
- 15:38 – 17:45 Sagittarius
- 17:45 – 19:38 Capricorn
- 19:38 – 21:20 Aquarius
- 21:20 – 23:00 Pisces
- 23:00 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 02:50 next day Taurus
- 02:50 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 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