Chennai panchang, 7 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 00:03 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 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 16:58
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 16:37
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:43 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:11
- Karana Gara until 16:37, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 16:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:43 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:58
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 18:32 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 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 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:30 Gemini
- 04:30 – 06:39 Cancer
- 06:39 – 08:42 Leo
- 08:42 – 10:44 Virgo
- 10:44 – 12:51 Libra
- 12:51 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 19:03 Capricorn
- 19:03 – 20:45 Aquarius
- 20:45 – 22:24 Pisces
- 22:24 – 00:12 next day Aries
- 00:12 – 02:15 next day Taurus
- 02:15 – 04:26 next day Gemini
- 04:26 – 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