Chennai panchang, 4 August 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 22:28 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 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Gulika Kalam 12:14 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 16:59
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:56 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 22:03
- Nakshatra Revati until 21:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 19:33
- Karana Gara until 10:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 21:54 Moon enters Aries
- 22:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 22:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 16:59
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:33 – 21:33
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 22:03 – 05:56 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 – 05:10
- 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 18:34 – 20:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 21:54 – 22:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:54 – 05:56 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:54 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:55 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:14 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 05:56 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 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:14 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:21 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:21 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:55 NowMars
- 06:55 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:55 NowMercury
- 09:55 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:55 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:55 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:55 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:55 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:55 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:42 Gemini
- 04:42 – 06:51 Cancer
- 06:51 – 08:54 Leo
- 08:54 – 10:56 Virgo
- 10:56 – 13:02 Libra
- 13:02 – 15:14 Scorpio
- 15:14 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:15 Capricorn
- 19:15 – 20:56 Aquarius
- 20:56 – 22:36 Pisces
- 22:36 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:27 next day Taurus
- 02:27 – 04:38 next day Gemini
- 04:38 – 05:56 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