Chennai panchang, 28 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 15:45 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 08:58 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:48
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:22 to 05:50 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 22:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:04
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:36 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- 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 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:52 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:24 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Char | 08:58 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 02:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:58 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:24 – 05:50 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
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:53 NowSun
- 07:55 NowVenus
- 08:58 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:11 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:11 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:00 NowJupiter
- 02:58 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:05 Pisces
- 05:05 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:56 Taurus
- 08:56 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 15:20 Leo
- 15:20 – 17:21 Virgo
- 17:21 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 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