Chennai panchang, 10 April 2026
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 00:33 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:47
- 10:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:20 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:16
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 18:30
- Karana Balava until 10:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:30 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 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. 04:27 – 05:13
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:00 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:42 | Good |
| Rog | 13:42 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:42 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:04 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 05:59 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
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 10:07 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:04 NowVenus
- 04:03 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:00 NowVenus
- 07:00 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:00 NowSaturn
- 10:00 NowJupiter
- 11:00 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 15:00 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 18:00 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:00 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:00 NowMars
- 02:00 NowSun
- 03:00 NowVenus
- 04:00 NowMercury
- 05:00 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:16 Pisces
- 06:16 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 10:07 Taurus
- 10:07 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 14:27 Cancer
- 14:27 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:39 Libra
- 20:39 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:57 next day Sagittarius
- 00:57 – 02:51 next day Capricorn
- 02:51 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 05:59 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