Chennai Panchang
Tuesday, 18 May 2027 · Tamil Nadu
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Shukla Trayodashi until 04:04 PM, then Shukla Chaturdashi until 04:03 PM (next day)
- Vara (weekday)
- Tuesday (Mangalavara)
- Nakshatra
- Chitra until 11:43 AM, then Swati until 12:19 PM (next day)
- Yoga
- Vyatipata until 11:55 PM, then Variyana until 11:00 PM (next day)
- Karana
- Taitila until 04:04 PM, then Gara until 04:00 AM (next day), then Vanija until 04:03 PM (next day)
Sun and Moon
- Sunrise
- 05:42 AM
- Sunset
- 06:28 PM
- Moonrise
- 04:40 PM
- Moonset
- 03:44 AM
- Moon sign
- Libra (Tula) until 07:03 AM (next day)
- Sun sign
- Taurus (Vrishabha)
Auspicious and inauspicious times
- Rahu kaal
- 03:16 PM – 04:52 PM
- Yamaganda
- 08:54 AM – 10:29 AM
- Gulika kaal
- 12:05 PM – 01:41 PM
- Abhijit muhurta
- 11:39 AM – 12:30 PM
Month and year
- Paksha
- Shukla paksha
- Month (amanta)
- Vaishakha
- Month (purnimanta)
- Vaishakha
- Vikram samvat
- 2084
- Shaka samvat
- 1949
What today means for your chart
The panchang is the same for everyone; what it means for you depends on your Moon sign and running dasha. Today's rashifal · Get your free kundli
What the panchang is
A panchang has five limbs: tithi (the lunar day), vara (the weekday), nakshatra (the Moon's star), yoga and karana. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun, so a lunar month has 30 of them; the nakshatra comes from the Moon's position, the yoga from the Sun and Moon added together.
The panchang is reckoned from sunrise, so every city's is slightly different: a tithi ends at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise, Rahu kaal and the muhurtas move with the city.
Every value here is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris and the Lahiri ayanamsa, not estimated.
What is the tithi today in Chennai?
In Chennai on Tuesday, 18 May 2027: Shukla Trayodashi until 04:04 PM, then Shukla Chaturdashi until 04:03 PM (next day).
What time is Rahu kaal today in Chennai?
Rahu kaal in Chennai on Tuesday, 18 May 2027 is 03:16 PM – 04:52 PM. It is one of the eight parts of the daylight hours; by tradition nothing new is started in it.
Which nakshatra is it today?
Chitra until 11:43 AM, then Swati until 12:19 PM (next day).
What time is sunrise in Chennai today?
Sunrise is at 05:42 AM and sunset at 06:28 PM.
Is the panchang the same in every city?
No. The tithi and nakshatra change at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise, Rahu kaal and the auspicious times depend on each city's sunrise and sunset.
Panchang for other cities
Times are local to Chennai. Sunrise is the Sun's upper limb with refraction; tithi and karana come from the Moon's distance from the Sun, nakshatra and yoga from the Lahiri sidereal zodiac. Local custom can keep a fast or festival on the next day. How we compute