Chennai panchang, 2 April 2026
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 18:37 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:05 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:19 to 06:04 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 07:41
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:19
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:19 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 17:38 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:05 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:19 – 17:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
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 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:05 – 07:41
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:05 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:12 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:12 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:36 – 06:04 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:12 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:07 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:05 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:05 NowSun
- 09:05 NowVenus
- 10:05 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:05 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:05 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:05 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:08 Aquarius
- 05:08 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:36 Aries
- 08:36 – 10:38 Taurus
- 10:38 – 12:49 Gemini
- 12:49 – 14:59 Cancer
- 14:59 – 17:02 Leo
- 17:02 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:10 Libra
- 21:10 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:22 next day Capricorn
- 03:22 – 05:04 next day Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:04 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