Chennai panchang, 8 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 00:59 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:23
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:51 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 09:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:59, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:02 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:59 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:51 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:34 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:49 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 05:38 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:02 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:23
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 13:59 – 16:51
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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 13:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 16:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:32 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 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 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:17 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:26 Gemini
- 04:26 – 06:36 Cancer
- 06:36 – 08:38 Leo
- 08:38 – 10:40 Virgo
- 10:40 – 12:47 Libra
- 12:47 – 14:59 Scorpio
- 14:59 – 17:06 Sagittarius
- 17:06 – 18:59 Capricorn
- 18:59 – 20:41 Aquarius
- 20:41 – 22:20 Pisces
- 22:20 – 00:09 next day Aries
- 00:09 – 02:11 next day Taurus
- 02:11 – 04:22 next day Gemini
- 04:22 – 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