Chennai panchang, 27 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 17:54 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:31
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:53
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:22 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:55
- Karana Vanija until 09:09, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:55 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:35 – 21:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:53
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) 11:45 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:09 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:04 – 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
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:12 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:12 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:04 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 – 05:21 Cancer
- 05:21 – 07:24 Leo
- 07:24 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 11:32 Libra
- 11:32 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:51 Sagittarius
- 15:51 – 17:44 Capricorn
- 17:44 – 19:26 Aquarius
- 19:26 – 21:06 Pisces
- 21:06 – 22:54 Aries
- 22:54 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:17 next day Cancer
- 05:17 – 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