Chennai panchang, 31 July 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 19:56 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:25 – 17:00
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:35 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 22:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:27 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:54
- Karana Taitila until 10:04, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:38 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:00
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 18:35 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:55 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:15 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:25 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Char | 17:00 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:00 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
- 05:55 NowVenus
- 06:55 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:55 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:58 Gemini
- 04:58 – 07:07 Cancer
- 07:07 – 09:10 Leo
- 09:10 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 13:18 Libra
- 13:18 – 15:30 Scorpio
- 15:30 – 17:37 Sagittarius
- 17:37 – 19:30 Capricorn
- 19:30 – 21:12 Aquarius
- 21:12 – 22:52 Pisces
- 22:52 – 00:40 next day Aries
- 00:40 – 02:42 next day Taurus
- 02:42 – 04:54 next day Gemini
- 04:54 – 05:55 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