Chennai panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 12:23 Shravana month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:05 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:56
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:26 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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) 11:47 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:05 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:31 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 07:00 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:00 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 07:51 Leo
- 07:51 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 12:00 Libra
- 12:00 – 14:11 Scorpio
- 14:11 – 16:19 Sagittarius
- 16:19 – 18:12 Capricorn
- 18:12 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 21:33 Pisces
- 21:33 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:24 next day Taurus
- 01:24 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 05:44 next day Cancer
- 05:44 – 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