Chennai panchang, 1 August 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 20:33 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:25
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:35 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:07
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 20:45 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 23:23
- Karana Vanija until 10:53, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:23 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:53 – 23:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 23:23 – 01:47 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 18:35 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:07 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Char | 12:15 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:30 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:54 Gemini
- 04:54 – 07:03 Cancer
- 07:03 – 09:06 Leo
- 09:06 – 11:08 Virgo
- 11:08 – 13:14 Libra
- 13:14 – 15:26 Scorpio
- 15:26 – 17:33 Sagittarius
- 17:33 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 21:08 Aquarius
- 21:08 – 22:48 Pisces
- 22:48 – 00:36 next day Aries
- 00:36 – 02:38 next day Taurus
- 02:38 – 04:50 next day Gemini
- 04:50 – 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