Chennai panchang, 15 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 08:08 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:47 – 15:21
- 06:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:29 to 05:57 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 17:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 03:25 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 07:09
- Karana Taitila until 06:03, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:34 Moon enters Virgo
- 17:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 17:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:57 – 06:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:47 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:21
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 03:25 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:25 – 05:57 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) 11:48 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 03:25 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:29 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Rog | 09:05 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:47 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:05 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:57 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:57 NowMars
- 08:57 NowSun
- 09:57 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:57 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:57 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:31 Scorpio
- 14:31 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 20:13 Aquarius
- 20:13 – 21:53 Pisces
- 21:53 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 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