Chennai panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 16:33 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:40
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 22:03
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:50 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:50 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:23 – 05:49 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 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:52 NowSaturn
- 05:50 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:50 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:50 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:52 Taurus
- 08:52 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:24 Libra
- 19:24 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 03:18 next day Aquarius
- 03:18 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 05:49 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