Chennai panchang, 24 April 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 12:18 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:26 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:22
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 01:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:01, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:14 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 01:24 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 01:24 – 03:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:52 – 20:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:14 – 05:51 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:14 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:26 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:21 Pisces
- 05:21 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 19:44 Libra
- 19:44 – 21:55 Scorpio
- 21:55 – 00:02 next day Sagittarius
- 00:02 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:17 next day Pisces
- 05:17 – 05:51 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