Chennai panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 09:08 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:21 to 05:53 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:53 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:27 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:58 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:02 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:58 NowSun
- 04:55 NowVenus
- 05:53 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:53 NowVenus
- 08:53 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:53 NowMoon
- 17:53 NowSaturn
- 18:53 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:33 Pisces
- 05:33 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:35 Gemini
- 11:35 – 13:44 Cancer
- 13:44 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 19:55 Libra
- 19:55 – 22:07 Scorpio
- 22:07 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:08 next day Capricorn
- 02:08 – 03:49 next day Aquarius
- 03:49 – 05:29 next day Pisces
- 05:29 – 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