Chennai panchang, 6 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 22:00 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:35 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:52
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:19 to 06:02 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:11
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:56 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 14:11, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:11 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 02:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:25 – 16:16 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) 11:46 – 12:35
- 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 06:02 – 02:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:02 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:35 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Char | 13:43 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:43 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:06 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:34 – 06:02 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:06 NowMoon
- 04:05 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:02 NowMoon
- 07:02 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:02 NowVenus
- 19:02 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:02 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 04:02 NowSaturn
- 05:02 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 04:52 Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:32 Pisces
- 06:32 – 08:20 Aries
- 08:20 – 10:22 Taurus
- 10:22 – 12:34 Gemini
- 12:34 – 14:43 Cancer
- 14:43 – 16:46 Leo
- 16:46 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 20:54 Libra
- 20:54 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:13 next day Sagittarius
- 01:13 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:48 next day Aquarius
- 04:48 – 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