Chennai panchang, 4 April 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:16 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 06:53 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:15
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:19 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:35 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 14:17
- Karana Gara until 10:09, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:35 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:53 – 07:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:17 – 15:29
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 21:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:04 – 21:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:36 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:05 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:40 Pisces
- 06:40 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:42 Gemini
- 12:42 – 14:51 Cancer
- 14:51 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 18:55 Virgo
- 18:55 – 21:02 Libra
- 21:02 – 23:14 Scorpio
- 23:14 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:03 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