Chennai panchang, 5 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 23:13 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:49
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:18 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 17:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:27, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:29 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:56 – 21:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:24 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:24 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:18 – 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. 04:25 – 05:10
- 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 18:33 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 21:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Char | 15:24 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:24 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 04:59 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:38 Gemini
- 04:38 – 06:47 Cancer
- 06:47 – 08:50 Leo
- 08:50 – 10:52 Virgo
- 10:52 – 12:59 Libra
- 12:59 – 15:10 Scorpio
- 15:10 – 17:17 Sagittarius
- 17:17 – 19:11 Capricorn
- 19:11 – 20:53 Aquarius
- 20:53 – 22:32 Pisces
- 22:32 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:23 next day Taurus
- 02:23 – 04:34 next day Gemini
- 04:34 – 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