Chennai panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 11:17 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 09:00 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:51
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:21 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 06:07
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 next day
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 05:52 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:00 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:26 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 09:00 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:25 Pisces
- 05:25 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:36 Cancer
- 13:36 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:41 Virgo
- 17:41 – 19:47 Libra
- 19:47 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:06 next day Sagittarius
- 00:06 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:21 next day Pisces
- 05:21 – 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