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Chennai Panchang Today
आज का पंचांग · Chennai
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 · बुधवार, ३० सितंबर २०२६ · भाद्रपद कृष्ण चतुर्थी · Tamil Nadu
Today's tithi is Krishna Chaturthi, the 19th tithi, in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. It runs until 02:56 PM.
Chennai sits 9 minutes behind the meridian India sets its clocks by, so the sun reaches noon here 9 minutes after the clock says it should. Every timing below follows the sun, not the clock. Sunrise here is 16 minutes earlier than in Delhi. Day and night are within minutes of even here today — 11h 59m of daylight.
Sunrise and sunset in Chennai
सूर्योदय · सूर्यास्त
- Sunrise
- 05:59 AM
- Sunset
- 05:58 PM
- Moonrise
- 08:50 PM
- Moonset
- 09:06 AM
Daylight lasts 11h 59m.
Rahu Kaal today in Chennai
आज का राहु काल
11:59 AM – 01:29 PM
In Chennai today, Rahu Kaal runs from 11:59 AM to 01:29 PM — an hour and 30 minutes. It is not a fixed hour: the day between sunrise (05:59 AM) and sunset (05:58 PM) is divided into eight, and Wednesday takes the fifth part. Because Chennai's sunrise is its own, so is this window — the same Wednesday elsewhere in India puts Rahu Kaal at a different time on the clock.
- Yamaganda
- 02:59 PM – 04:29 PM
- Gulika Kaal
- 10:29 AM – 11:59 AM
- Abhijit — shubh muhurat
- 11:35 AM – 12:23 PM
Choghadiya today in Chennai
आज का चौघड़िया
From sunrise at 05:59 AM to sunset at 05:58 PM, Chennai's daylight splits into 8 Choghadiya of about an hour and 30 minutes each. The favourable ones today are Labh (05:59 AM–07:29 AM), Amrit (07:29 AM–08:59 AM), Shubh (10:29 AM–11:59 AM), and 1 more. Amrit and Shubh are the windows most often chosen for something that matters; Udveg, Kaal and Rog are the ones traditionally left for routine work.
Day (05:59 AM – 05:58 PM)
- Labh 05:59 AM – 07:29 AM
- Amrit 07:29 AM – 08:59 AM
- Kaal 08:59 AM – 10:29 AM
- Shubh 10:29 AM – 11:59 AM
- Rog 11:59 AM – 01:29 PM
- Udveg 01:29 PM – 02:59 PM
- Char 02:59 PM – 04:29 PM
- Labh 04:29 PM – 05:58 PM
Night (05:58 PM onwards)
- Udveg 05:58 PM – 07:29 PM
- Char 07:29 PM – 08:59 PM
- Labh 08:59 PM – 10:29 PM
- Amrit 10:29 PM – 11:59 PM
- Kaal 11:59 PM – 01:29 AM
- Shubh 01:29 AM – 02:59 AM
- Rog 02:59 AM – 04:29 AM
- Udveg 04:29 AM – 05:59 AM
Today's tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana
आज की तिथि · आज का नक्षत्र
Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana are angles between the Sun and the Moon, so each one changes at a single instant everywhere on Earth. Read against one clock, they are the same in Chennai as in the rest of India — the end times below are not local figures and we do not present them as such. What is local is everything measured from sunrise: Rahu Kaal, Choghadiya, Hora, Abhijit, Yamaganda and Gulika.
- Tithi
- Krishna Chaturthi · until 02:56 PM
- Vaara
- Wednesday
- Nakshatra
- Bharani भरणी, pada 4 · until 07:37 AM
- Yoga
- Vajra · until 12:21 AM (+1d)
- Karana
- Balava · until 02:56 PM
- Lunar month
- Bhadrapada भाद्रपद, Krishna paksha Amanta (south, west). In the Purnimanta reckoning used in north India this is Ashwina आश्विन — the same day, a different month name.
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Ritu
- Sharad (Autumn) (Sharad)
Hora today in Chennai
आज की होरा
Each hora is one planetary hour, running from sunrise and taking the character of the planet that rules it. Because they are measured from Chennai's sunrise at 05:59 AM, they start and end here at times of their own.
- Mercury 05:59 AM
- Moon 06:59 AM
- Saturn 07:59 AM
- Jupiter 08:59 AM
- Mars 09:59 AM
- Sun 10:59 AM
- Venus 11:59 AM
- Mercury 12:59 PM
- Moon 01:59 PM
- Saturn 02:59 PM
- Jupiter 03:59 PM
- Mars 04:59 PM
- Sun 05:58 PM
- Venus 06:59 PM
- Mercury 07:59 PM
- Moon 08:59 PM
- Saturn 09:59 PM
- Jupiter 10:59 PM
- Mars 11:59 PM
- Sun 12:59 AM
- Venus 01:59 AM
- Mercury 02:59 AM
- Moon 03:59 AM
- Saturn 04:59 AM
Panchang Chennai — common questions
What is the Rahu Kaal today in Chennai? — आज का राहु काल
Rahu Kaal in Chennai today is from 11:59 AM to 01:29 PM. It is the part of the day between sunrise (05:59 AM) and sunset (05:58 PM) assigned to Rahu on Wednesday, so it moves with the local sunrise rather than sitting at a fixed clock time.
What is today's tithi? — आज की तिथि
Today's tithi is Krishna Chaturthi, the 19th tithi, in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. It runs until 02:56 PM. Tithi is the angle between the Sun and the Moon, so it changes at the same instant everywhere — it is the same in Chennai as anywhere else on the same clock.
What time is sunrise in Chennai today? — सूर्योदय
Sunrise in Chennai is at 05:59 AM and sunset at 05:58 PM, giving 11h 59m of daylight.
Which choghadiya is auspicious today in Chennai? — आज का चौघड़िया
The favourable daytime Choghadiya in Chennai today are Labh (05:59 AM–07:29 AM), Amrit (07:29 AM–08:59 AM), Shubh (10:29 AM–11:59 AM), Labh (04:29 PM–05:58 PM).
When is today's shubh muhurat? — आज का शुभ मुहूर्त
Abhijit muhurat in Chennai today runs from 11:35 AM to 12:23 PM. It sits around local solar noon and is treated as generally auspicious, which is why it is often used when no other window is available.
Computed with the Swiss Ephemeris for Chennai (13.08°N, 80.27°E) for Wednesday, 30 September 2026, and refreshed daily. For a different date or an exact location, the calculator below runs against your own clock.
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