Panchang / Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Daily panchang

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Friday, 19 Jun 2026

Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)

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What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu almanac for one day and one place: the tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the Moon’s star), yoga, karana and weekday, together with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Check the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu Kaal and Yamaganda are periods the tradition avoids for starting new things; Abhijit is generally treated as the favourable midday window. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each named good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

Sunrise

05:43

Sunset

18:37

Moonrise

09:53

Moonset

22:40

Moonrise and moonset are for the calendar day (midnight to midnight) at this place. The Moon comes up about 50 minutes later each day, so on some dates it does not rise, or does not set, within that day. A dash then means the event falls on the neighbouring day.

The five limbs

Each limb ends at the instant shown.
Limb	Value	Ends	What the texts say
Tithi	Panchami then Shashthi	17:00	Purna (full) Read as completion and fullness; favoured for marriage and travel.
Nakshatra	Ashlesha then Magha	10:07	The serpents' nakshatra. Read as penetrating perception, the ability to see what is concealed, and a capacity for strategy that the texts treat with respect rather than warmth.
Yoga	Harshana then Vajra	14:53	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Bava then Balava · until 17:00 then Kaulava · until 04:17 (20 Jun 2026) then Taitila	05:54	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Friday	—	Ruled by Venus. Favoured for marriage, art and purchases.

Muhurta classifications from the classical muhurta literature (Muhurta Chintamani and the Panchang tradition). These are selection rules, not predictions.

Day periods

Sunrise 05:43
Sunset 18:37

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sun and muhurtas

Period	From	To	What the texts say
Sunrise	05:43	—
Sunset	18:37	—
Rahu kaal	10:33	12:10	An inauspicious period of about 90 minutes, its position set by the weekday. The texts advise against starting anything new in it.
Gulika	07:20	08:56	Saturn's sub-period; avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal, and regarded as more persistent in effect.
Yamaganda	15:23	17:00	A third inauspicious window, again fixed by weekday.
Abhijit	11:44	12:36	The eighth muhurta of the day, straddling local noon. Classically the most auspicious window of the day and the standard fallback when no other muhurta is available - except on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:14	04:58	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:36	05:43	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:19	15:10	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:37	18:59	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:37	19:43	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:48	00:32 20 Jun 2026	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	08:18	09:09	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	12:36	13:27	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	08:36	10:07	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	21:46	23:19	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

The day at a glance

Day length (dinamana): 12 h 53 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 6 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:10
Disha shool — direction to avoid for travel: West

Sunrise is taken when the upper edge of the Sun clears the horizon, allowing for atmospheric refraction — the convention of the Drik panchang. Almanacs that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

More of the day

Moon sign: Cancer · until 10:07
then Leo
Sun sign: Gemini
Nakshatra pada: Ashlesha pada 4 · until 10:07
Magha pada 1 · until 15:52
Magha pada 2 · until 21:40
Magha pada 3 · until 03:31 (20 Jun 2026)
Magha pada 4
Sun's nakshatra: Mrigashira pada 4
Anandadi yoga: Mrityu · until 10:07
then Kana
Shaka samvat: 1948 Parabhava
Vikram samvat: 2083 Siddharthi
Gujarati samvat: 2082 Pingala
Ritu (by lunar month): Grishma
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Grishma
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): North · until 10:07
then East
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): South-east
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Raudra · until 16:15 (17 Apr 2027)

The Shaka year changes at Chaitra shukla pratipada and the Gujarati year at Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. The two ritus differ because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's actual season.

Yogas and windows of the day
Period	From	To	What the texts say
Ravi yoga	10:07	05:43 20 Jun 2026	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Whole day		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Raja (the state)	17:22	05:43 20 Jun 2026	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

For your OWN birth rashi or nakshatra: the day favours you when it is listed. The Moon's sign is counted from your rashi (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th are good) and its nakshatra from yours in groups of nine (Sampat, Kshema, Sadhana, Mitra, Parama mitra are good).

Chandrabalam for · until 10:07: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Sagittarius
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Gemini, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Capricorn
Tarabalam for · until 10:07: Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Bharani, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Gemini	05:31	07:43
Cancer	07:43	09:52
Leo	09:52	11:55
Virgo	11:55	13:57
Libra	13:57	16:03
Scorpio	16:03	18:15
Sagittarius	18:15	20:22
Capricorn	20:22	22:16
Aquarius	22:16	23:57
Pisces	23:57	01:37 20 Jun 2026
Aries	01:37 20 Jun 2026	03:25 20 Jun 2026
Taurus	03:25 20 Jun 2026	05:27 20 Jun 2026

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Free of panchaka (good)	05:43	07:43
Chora (theft)	07:43	09:52
Free of panchaka (good)	09:52	10:07
Roga (illness)	10:07	11:55
Free of panchaka (good)	11:55	13:57
Mrityu (danger)	13:57	16:03
Agni (fire)	16:03	17:00
Free of panchaka (good)	17:00	18:15
Raja (the state)	18:15	20:22
Free of panchaka (good)	20:22	22:16
Chora (theft)	22:16	23:57
Free of panchaka (good)	23:57	03:25 20 Jun 2026
Chora (theft)	03:25 20 Jun 2026	05:27 20 Jun 2026
Free of panchaka (good)	05:27 20 Jun 2026	05:43 20 Jun 2026

The sidereal sign rising in the east through the day, from the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita cuts the day wherever the lagna, tithi or nakshatra changes and adds the four (with the weekday): remainders 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 mark the five panchakas, any other is free of them.

Choghadiya

The night sequence starts at a different point in the cycle from the day one, which is why the two are tabulated separately rather than one being derived from the other.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Chal	05:43	07:20	neutral travel and movement
Labh	07:20	08:56	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	08:56	10:33	best anything at all
Kaal	10:33	12:10	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	12:10	13:46	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	13:46	15:23	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	15:23	17:00	avoid government work only
Chal	17:00	18:37	neutral travel and movement

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Rog	18:37	20:00	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	20:00	21:23	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	21:23	22:47	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	22:47	00:10	avoid government work only
Shubh	00:10	01:33	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	01:33	02:56	best anything at all
Chal	02:56	04:20	neutral travel and movement
Rog	04:20	05:43	avoid confrontation and debt collection only

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil reckoning divides the same eight parts of the day and names them differently. It is a separate table, not a translation - the two disagree about which part of the day is favourable.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Visham	05:43	07:20	avoid nothing new
Labham	07:20	08:56	good gain, new work
Dhanam	08:56	10:33	good money, purchase, trade
Sugam	10:33	12:10	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	12:10	13:46	best anything auspicious
Uthi	13:46	15:23	neutral ordinary work
Soram	15:23	17:00	avoid nothing new
Rogam	17:00	18:37	avoid medicine only

Hora

Twenty-four horas from sunrise, in the Chaldean order. They are UNEQUAL - the twelve day horas divide daylight and the twelve night horas divide darkness - so a summer day hora runs longer than an hour and its night hora shorter. The first hora of any day belongs to that day's own lord, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Venus	05:43	06:47	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
2	Mercury	06:47	07:52	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
3	Moon	07:52	08:56	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
4	Saturn	08:56	10:01	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
5	Jupiter	10:01	11:05	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
6	Mars	11:05	12:10	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
7	Sun	12:10	13:14	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
8	Venus	13:14	14:19	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
9	Mercury	14:19	15:23	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
10	Moon	15:23	16:28	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
11	Saturn	16:28	17:32	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
12	Jupiter	17:32	18:37	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
13 night	Mars	18:37	19:32	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
14 night	Sun	19:32	20:28	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
15 night	Venus	20:28	21:23	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
16 night	Mercury	21:23	22:19	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
17 night	Moon	22:19	23:14	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
18 night	Saturn	23:14	00:10	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
19 night	Jupiter	00:10	01:05	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
20 night	Mars	01:05	02:01	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
21 night	Sun	02:01	02:56	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
22 night	Venus	02:56	03:52	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
23 night	Mercury	03:52	04:47	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
24 night	Moon	04:47	05:43	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to

Festivals and observances

Nothing marked on this date.