Chennai panchang, 30 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 19:48 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 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:20
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:37
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:45 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 03:46 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:37, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 03:46 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 08:51 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:46 – 06:10 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) 11:44 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 03:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:58 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 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
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:05 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 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 07:12 Leo
- 07:12 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 11:20 Libra
- 11:20 – 13:32 Scorpio
- 13:32 – 15:39 Sagittarius
- 15:39 – 17:32 Capricorn
- 17:32 – 19:14 Aquarius
- 19:14 – 20:54 Pisces
- 20:54 – 22:42 Aries
- 22:42 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:56 next day Gemini
- 02:56 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 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