Chennai panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 13:16 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 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:52
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:25 to 05:58 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:58 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 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:31 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:19 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:12 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:05 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:07 NowSun
- 03:05 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:44 Cancer
- 05:44 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 09:49 Virgo
- 09:49 – 11:56 Libra
- 11:56 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:15 Sagittarius
- 16:15 – 18:08 Capricorn
- 18:08 – 19:50 Aquarius
- 19:50 – 21:29 Pisces
- 21:29 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:20 next day Taurus
- 01:20 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:40 next day Cancer
- 05:40 – 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