Chennai panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 08:59 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 18:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:28
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:28
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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 18:28 – 20:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:57 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:57 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:47 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:28 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:57 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:05 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:28 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:05 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:57 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:57 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:57 NowVenus
- 14:57 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:57 NowSaturn
- 17:57 NowJupiter
- 18:57 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 20:57 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:57 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:07 Leo
- 08:07 – 10:09 Virgo
- 10:09 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:34 Sagittarius
- 16:34 – 18:28 Capricorn
- 18:28 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:49 Pisces
- 21:49 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:39 next day Taurus
- 01:39 – 03:51 next day Gemini
- 03:51 – 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