Chennai panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 15:47 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:54
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:24 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:54
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 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) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:31 – 05:58 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:00 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 07:36 Leo
- 07:36 – 09:37 Virgo
- 09:37 – 11:44 Libra
- 11:44 – 13:56 Scorpio
- 13:56 – 16:03 Sagittarius
- 16:03 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:38 Aquarius
- 19:38 – 21:18 Pisces
- 21:18 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:08 next day Taurus
- 01:08 – 03:19 next day Gemini
- 03:19 – 05:29 next day Cancer
- 05:29 – 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