Chennai panchang, 9 August 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 02:01 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:32
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:32 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 11:05
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 02:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 11:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 14:43 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:04 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 02:04 – 03:16 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 – 05:11
- 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
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:14 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:48 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:14 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:20 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:20 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:32 Cancer
- 06:32 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 10:36 Virgo
- 10:36 – 12:43 Libra
- 12:43 – 14:55 Scorpio
- 14:55 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 20:37 Aquarius
- 20:37 – 22:17 Pisces
- 22:17 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:07 next day Taurus
- 02:07 – 04:18 next day Gemini
- 04:18 – 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