Chennai panchang, 12 April 2026
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 02:04 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:20
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
Night
18:20 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:17 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:15
- Karana Vanija until 13:03, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:14 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:15 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:17 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:20
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. 04:25 – 05:12
- 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
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:04 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:04 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:31 – 05:58 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:04 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:04 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:29 Aquarius
- 04:29 – 06:08 Pisces
- 06:08 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:22 Leo
- 16:22 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:31 Libra
- 20:31 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:43 next day Capricorn
- 02:43 – 04:25 next day Aquarius
- 04:25 – 05:58 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