Chennai panchang, 31 August 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:28 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 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:51
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:19 to 05:58 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:24 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 01:50 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:51, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:51 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 03:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:24 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:17 – 08:51
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:51
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:18 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:18 – 09:19
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 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 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
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:03 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 – 05:05 Cancer
- 05:05 – 07:08 Leo
- 07:08 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:28 Scorpio
- 13:28 – 15:35 Sagittarius
- 15:35 – 17:29 Capricorn
- 17:29 – 19:10 Aquarius
- 19:10 – 20:50 Pisces
- 20:50 – 22:38 Aries
- 22:38 – 00:40 next day Taurus
- 00:40 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 05:01 next day Cancer
- 05:01 – 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