Chennai panchang, 11 April 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 01:20 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta 06:49 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:15
- 12:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:20 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 00:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 13:40 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 18:39
- Karana Taitila until 12:01, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:01 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:39 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 00:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:49 – 07:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
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. 04:26 – 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:59 – 00:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:40 – 05:59 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:32 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 07:01 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:33 Aquarius
- 04:33 – 06:12 Pisces
- 06:12 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:35 Libra
- 20:35 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:54 next day Sagittarius
- 00:54 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 04:29 next day Aquarius
- 04:29 – 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