Chennai panchang, 25 April 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 13:14 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:14
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:22 to 05:51 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:28
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 20:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 23:43
- Karana Balava until 06:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 20:04 Moon enters Leo
- 23:43 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:51 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 01:03 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 00:01 – 02:04 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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 05:51 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 18:28
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:01 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:01 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
- 05:51 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:51 NowVenus
- 17:51 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:51 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:51 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:08 Taurus
- 09:08 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:28 Cancer
- 13:28 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:40 Libra
- 19:40 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:59 Sagittarius
- 23:59 – 01:52 next day Capricorn
- 01:52 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:13 next day Pisces
- 05:13 – 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