Chennai panchang, 13 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 06:18 Shravana 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:59
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:30 to 05:57 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:42
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 06:06 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 12:16
- Karana Kimstughna until 09:51, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 Moon enters Leo
- 09:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:16 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:16 – 22:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:59
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) 11:48 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:47
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:13 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:30 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:16 Cancer
- 06:16 – 08:19 Leo
- 08:19 – 10:20 Virgo
- 10:20 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:39 Capricorn
- 18:39 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:51 next day Taurus
- 01:51 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 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