Chennai panchang, 8 April 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 23:44 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:35 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:43
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:20 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 19:02
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 17:10
- Karana Vanija until 19:02, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:10 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 19:02 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:43
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:10 – 05:34 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. 04:28 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 06:01 – 06:01 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:02 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:33 – 09:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:06 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:44 Aquarius
- 04:44 – 06:24 Pisces
- 06:24 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:26 Gemini
- 12:26 – 14:35 Cancer
- 14:35 – 16:38 Leo
- 16:38 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:05 next day Sagittarius
- 01:05 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:40 next day Aquarius
- 04:40 – 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