Chennai panchang, 3 April 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 19:26 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:36 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:31 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:47
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:19 to 06:04 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:42
- Nakshatra Chitra until 19:25 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 14:08
- Karana Kaulava until 08:42, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:28 Moon enters Libra
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:08 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:25 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:23 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:31 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
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. 04:30 – 05:17
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:36
- 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 06:04 – 08:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:04 – 07:36 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:36 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:36 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:07 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:05 NowMoon
- 06:04 NowVenus
- 07:04 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 09:04 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:04 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:04 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:04 NowMercury
- 05:04 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:04 Aquarius
- 05:04 – 06:44 Pisces
- 06:44 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:34 Taurus
- 10:34 – 12:46 Gemini
- 12:46 – 14:55 Cancer
- 14:55 – 16:58 Leo
- 16:58 – 18:59 Virgo
- 18:59 – 21:06 Libra
- 21:06 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:25 next day Sagittarius
- 01:25 – 03:18 next day Capricorn
- 03:18 – 05:00 next day Aquarius
- 05:00 – 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