Chennai panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:13 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:41
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:41
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 05:53 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:53 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:00 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 05:52 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 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:53 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:53 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:53 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:53 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:29 Pisces
- 05:29 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:40 Cancer
- 13:40 – 15:43 Leo
- 15:43 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 19:51 Libra
- 19:51 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 02:04 next day Capricorn
- 02:04 – 03:45 next day Aquarius
- 03:45 – 05:25 next day Pisces
- 05:25 – 05:52 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