Chennai panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 05:28 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam 10:35 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:47
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:20 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:25 – 09:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:47
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 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:56 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:55 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:56 – 07:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:29 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:35 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:28 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 08:00 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 03:59 NowMercury
- 04:57 NowMoon
- 05:56 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:56 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:56 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:56 NowMercury
- 14:56 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:56 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:56 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:56 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:37 Aries
- 07:37 – 09:39 Taurus
- 09:39 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:00 Cancer
- 14:00 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 05:55 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