Chennai panchang, 26 April 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 14:07 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:22
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:22 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 20:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 22:27
- Karana Taitila until 06:14, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 22:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:22
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 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:50 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 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 02:58 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:13 Pisces
- 05:13 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 09:04 Taurus
- 09:04 – 11:15 Gemini
- 11:15 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:27 Leo
- 15:27 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:36 Libra
- 19:36 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 23:55 Sagittarius
- 23:55 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:30 next day Aquarius
- 03:30 – 05:09 next day Pisces
- 05:09 – 05:50 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