Chennai panchang, 13 April 2026
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 02:45 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:03 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 13:19, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 02:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:09 – 03:12 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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 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
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:04 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:30 – 05:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 08:02 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:01 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 06:04 Pisces
- 06:04 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:55 Taurus
- 09:55 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:18 Leo
- 16:18 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:57 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