Chennai panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 04:46 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:56 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:20 to 05:56 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:52
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. 04:23 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:56 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:29 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:29 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:00 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 05:56 NowJupiter
- 06:56 NowMars
- 07:56 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:56 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:56 NowSun
- 15:56 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:56 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:56 NowJupiter
- 20:56 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 22:56 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:56 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:53 Pisces
- 05:53 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:04 Cancer
- 14:04 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:49 next day Pisces
- 05:49 – 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