Chennai panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 07:14 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 18:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:55
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:29 to 05:57 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 18:47
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:42 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 09:28
- Karana Balava until 07:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 18:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:55
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 18:29 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 03:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 03:42 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:42 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:57 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:13 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:29 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:57 NowVenus
- 06:57 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:57 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:57 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:57 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 20:57 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:57 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:57 NowVenus
- 03:57 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:35 Scorpio
- 14:35 – 16:42 Sagittarius
- 16:42 – 18:35 Capricorn
- 18:35 – 20:17 Aquarius
- 20:17 – 21:57 Pisces
- 21:57 – 23:45 Aries
- 23:45 – 01:47 next day Taurus
- 01:47 – 03:59 next day Gemini
- 03:59 – 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