Chennai panchang, 5 April 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 21:08 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:19
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
18:19 to 06:02 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:29 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 12:00
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 14:43
- Karana Vishti until 12:00, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 12:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:43 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 17:28 Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 00:08 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:08 – 06:02 next day
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. 04:29 – 05:16
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:35 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:35 – 06:02 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:04 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:13 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:56 Aquarius
- 04:56 – 06:36 Pisces
- 06:36 – 08:24 Aries
- 08:24 – 10:26 Taurus
- 10:26 – 12:38 Gemini
- 12:38 – 14:47 Cancer
- 14:47 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 20:58 Libra
- 20:58 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:10 next day Capricorn
- 03:10 – 04:52 next day Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:02 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