Chennai panchang, 14 April 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 03:25 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 09:03 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:09 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:47
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:20 to 05:57 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:12 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:06 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 15:39
- Karana Kaulava until 12:46, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:39 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 16:06 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:12 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:57 – 16:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:06 – 05:57 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- 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 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:12 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:57 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:30 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Char | 09:03 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:09 – 13:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:42 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:08 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:36 – 03:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:03 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:30 – 05:57 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
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 04:59 NowVenus
- 05:57 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:57 NowVenus
- 08:57 NowMercury
- 09:57 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:57 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:57 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 04:57 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 06:00 Pisces
- 06:00 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:51 Taurus
- 09:51 – 12:02 Gemini
- 12:02 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:42 next day Sagittarius
- 00:42 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 05:57 next day Aries
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