Chennai panchang, 7 April 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 22:53 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 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 09:06 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:20 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:16
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:16 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:06 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 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. 04:28 – 05:15
- 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 18:20 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:02 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:34 – 09:06 | Bad |
| Char | 09:06 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:43 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:06 – 04:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:33 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:14 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
- 06:02 NowMars
- 07:02 NowSun
- 08:02 NowVenus
- 09:02 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 16:02 NowMercury
- 17:02 NowMoon
- 18:02 NowSaturn
- 19:02 NowJupiter
- 20:02 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:02 NowMars
- 04:02 NowSun
- 05:02 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:48 Aquarius
- 04:48 – 06:28 Pisces
- 06:28 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:30 Gemini
- 12:30 – 14:39 Cancer
- 14:39 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 20:50 Libra
- 20:50 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:09 next day Sagittarius
- 01:09 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:44 next day Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:01 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