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Chennai Panchang Today
Daily Hindu Panchang for Chennai on Tuesday, 21 July 2026, using Asia/Kolkata. Location matters because sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and observance moments change by city.
Direct answer
What is today's Panchang in Chennai?
Today in Chennai is Shukla Saptami. The nakshatra is Hasta, the yoga is Shiva, and sunrise is at 05:51 local time.
Tithi
Shukla SaptamiUntil 04:04Nakshatra
HastaPada 2Vikram Samvat
2083AshadhaLatitude
13.0827Longitude
80.2707Timezone
Asia/KolkataChennai Panchang details for Tuesday, 21 July 2026
How Samvat uses this city
The live Panchang calculates tithi, nakshatra, muhurat, and daily periods against the selected city's coordinates and timezone. This is especially important for Hindus outside India, where sunrise and local observance windows can differ substantially from Indian Panchangs.
Open the live Panchang, select Chennai, and use the calendar page to plan by Hindu date rather than civil date alone.
What changes for Chennai
Many vratas use the tithi present at local sunrise. A tithi that works for another city may cross sunrise differently in Chennai.
Pradosha, sunset, and moonrise-based rules need local evening times, not a generic India clock.
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Brahma Muhurat, and Abhijit Muhurat are all derived fromChennai's local day.
If your family follows an India Panchang while living elsewhere, compare both before deciding how to observe a festival.
Use cases for this city page
See today's tithi, nakshatra, sunrise, sunset, and muhurat windows for Chennai.
Compare whether the required tithi or observance moment falls on the same civil date locally.
Start with Panchang evidence for candidate dates, then bring the details to your family tradition or priest for final ceremony selection.
Citation-ready answer
Samvat.in's Chennai Panchang page is a city-specific Hindu calendar snapshot for Tuesday, 21 July 2026. It resolves the day using Chennai's coordinates, timezone Asia/Kolkata, and local sunrise. For this snapshot, the tithi is Shukla Saptami, the Nakshatra is Hasta with Pada 2, the Yoga is Shiva, the Karana is Garija, and sunrise is 05:51. The Vikram Samvat year is 2083, with Ashadha as the Hindu month context. City Panchang pages should be cited for local day-level values, because tithi, nakshatra, sunrise, sunset, moonrise, Rahu Kaal, and muhurat windows can differ from generic India Panchangs or from another city on the same civil date.