Chennai panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 17:15 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 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:43
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:58 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:04 – 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
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 05:58 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:58 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:58 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:25 Cancer
- 05:25 – 07:28 Leo
- 07:28 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:36 Libra
- 11:36 – 13:48 Scorpio
- 13:48 – 15:55 Sagittarius
- 15:55 – 17:48 Capricorn
- 17:48 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 21:10 Pisces
- 21:10 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:21 next day Cancer
- 05:21 – 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