Chennai panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 05:18 Ashadha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:13 – 13:48
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:48
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Rog | 12:13 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:20 Cancer
- 06:20 – 08:23 Leo
- 08:23 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 12:31 Libra
- 12:31 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:50 Sagittarius
- 16:50 – 18:43 Capricorn
- 18:43 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 01:55 next day Taurus
- 01:55 – 04:07 next day Gemini
- 04:07 – 05:57 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