Chennai panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 20:46 Vaishakha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:23- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:22 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:52
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:23 to 05:47 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:47 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:22 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:23 | Good |
| Char | 18:23 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:42 Pisces
- 04:42 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:32 Taurus
- 08:32 – 10:44 Gemini
- 10:44 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 16:57 Virgo
- 16:57 – 19:04 Libra
- 19:04 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:38 next day Pisces
- 04:38 – 05:47 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