Chennai panchang, 30 April 2026
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 17:21 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:49 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:00 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:52
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:22 to 05:49 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Chitra until 02:16 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 20:55
- Karana Gara until 08:30, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Moon enters Libra
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:00 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:52
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. 04:17 – 05:03
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 02:16 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:13 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:49 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:23 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:31 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:57 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 10:00 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:00 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:49 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:49 NowSaturn
- 12:49 NowJupiter
- 13:49 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:49 NowMercury
- 17:49 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:49 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:49 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:49 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:48 Taurus
- 08:48 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:20 Libra
- 19:20 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:39 Sagittarius
- 23:39 – 01:32 next day Capricorn
- 01:32 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 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