Chennai panchang, 29 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 19:10 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 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:15
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 05:58 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 09:57
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 03:42 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:36
- Karana Kaulava until 09:57, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:58 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:21 – 07:21 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) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:31 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:00 NowJupiter
- 08:02 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:58 NowSaturn
- 06:58 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:58 NowMars
- 15:58 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:58 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 19:58 NowSaturn
- 20:58 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:58 NowMoon
- 02:58 NowSaturn
- 03:58 NowJupiter
- 04:58 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:16 Leo
- 07:16 – 09:17 Virgo
- 09:17 – 11:24 Libra
- 11:24 – 13:36 Scorpio
- 13:36 – 15:43 Sagittarius
- 15:43 – 17:36 Capricorn
- 17:36 – 19:18 Aquarius
- 19:18 – 20:58 Pisces
- 20:58 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:48 next day Taurus
- 00:48 – 03:00 next day Gemini
- 03:00 – 05:09 next day Cancer
- 05:09 – 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