Chennai panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:05 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:51
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:51
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. 04:22 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:54 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:53 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:54 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:37 Pisces
- 05:37 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:48 Cancer
- 13:48 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 05:33 next day Pisces
- 05:33 – 05:53 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