Chennai panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 06:15 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam 09:01 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:14
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:21 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
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 18:21 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:28 – 09:01 | Good |
| Rog | 09:01 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:35 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:01 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:57 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 09:01 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:01 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:35 Taurus
- 09:35 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:19 next day Capricorn
- 02:19 – 04:01 next day Aquarius
- 04:01 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 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