Chennai panchang, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 14:59 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 18:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:51 – 18:24
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:24 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 17:44 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:14
- Karana Vanija until 15:11, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:51 – 18:24
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) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 17:44
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 17:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 17:44
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:51 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:51 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:13 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:58 NowSun
- 06:58 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:58 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:58 NowVenus
- 14:58 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:58 NowVenus
- 21:58 NowMercury
- 22:58 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 04:58 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:37 Cancer
- 05:37 – 07:40 Leo
- 07:40 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:07 Sagittarius
- 16:07 – 18:00 Capricorn
- 18:00 – 19:42 Aquarius
- 19:42 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:12 next day Taurus
- 01:12 – 03:23 next day Gemini
- 03:23 – 05:33 next day Cancer
- 05:33 – 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