Chennai panchang, 1 April 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 17:49 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:44
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:19 to 06:05 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 07:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 16:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:50
- Karana Vanija until 07:06, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:06 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 07:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:50 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:44
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. 04:31 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 16:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:17 – 06:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:44 | Good |
| Char | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:05 next day | Bad |
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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:12 Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:52 Pisces
- 06:52 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:42 Taurus
- 10:42 – 12:53 Gemini
- 12:53 – 15:03 Cancer
- 15:03 – 17:06 Leo
- 17:06 – 19:07 Virgo
- 19:07 – 21:14 Libra
- 21:14 – 23:26 Scorpio
- 23:26 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 05:08 next day Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:05 next day Pisces
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