Chennai panchang, 6 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:33 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:33- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:56 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:01
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:33 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:53
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:13 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:01
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:01 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 01:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:01
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:56 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:58 – 18:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:33 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:58 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:59 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:34 Gemini
- 04:34 – 06:43 Cancer
- 06:43 – 08:46 Leo
- 08:46 – 10:48 Virgo
- 10:48 – 12:55 Libra
- 12:55 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:14 Sagittarius
- 17:14 – 19:07 Capricorn
- 19:07 – 20:49 Aquarius
- 20:49 – 22:28 Pisces
- 22:28 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:19 next day Taurus
- 02:19 – 04:30 next day Gemini
- 04:30 – 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