Chennai panchang, 15 April 2026
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 04:05 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:41
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:31
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 13:25
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:37 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 22:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:31 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26 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 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 09:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:03 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 05:56 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 NowMercury
- 06:59 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:57 Pisces
- 05:57 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:47 Taurus
- 09:47 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:08 Cancer
- 14:08 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:38 next day Sagittarius
- 00:38 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:13 next day Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:53 next day Pisces
- 05:53 – 05:56 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