Chennai panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 09:49 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:37 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:37 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:57 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:05 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:13 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:57 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:05 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:05 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:57 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:57 NowJupiter
- 08:57 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:57 NowSun
- 17:57 NowVenus
- 18:57 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:57 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:00 Cancer
- 06:00 – 08:03 Leo
- 08:03 – 10:05 Virgo
- 10:05 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:23 Scorpio
- 14:23 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 05:56 next day Cancer
- 05:56 – 05:57 next day Leo
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