Chennai panchang, 27 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 14:57 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:52
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:22 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:16
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:35
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:35 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:35 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:35 – 01:11 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:58 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:24 – 05:50 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:55 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:09 Pisces
- 05:09 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 09:00 Taurus
- 09:00 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:23 Leo
- 15:23 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:32 Libra
- 19:32 – 21:44 Scorpio
- 21:44 – 23:51 Sagittarius
- 23:51 – 01:44 next day Capricorn
- 01:44 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 05:05 next day Pisces
- 05:05 – 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