Chennai panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:40 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 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:12 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:20 – 16:53
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:27 to 05:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:53
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 18:27 – 20:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:12 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:20 – 16:53 | Good |
| Rog | 16:53 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:53 – 21:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:20 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:57 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:56 Cancer
- 05:56 – 07:59 Leo
- 07:59 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:20 Capricorn
- 18:20 – 20:01 Aquarius
- 20:01 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:29 Aries
- 23:29 – 01:31 next day Taurus
- 01:31 – 03:43 next day Gemini
- 03:43 – 05:52 next day Cancer
- 05:52 – 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