Chennai panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 11:31 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:46
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:27 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:46
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:05 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:31 – 05:58 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 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:04 Libra
- 12:04 – 14:15 Scorpio
- 14:15 – 16:22 Sagittarius
- 16:22 – 18:16 Capricorn
- 18:16 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 21:37 Pisces
- 21:37 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 05:58 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