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8 October 2026
Sunrise and sunset today in Chennai
The Sun rises in Chennai at 5:58 AM today and sets at 5:54 PM, giving 11 hours 56 minutes of daylight.
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Sunrise and sunset in major Indian cities, 8 October 2026
Both times are computed from this city's own latitude and longitude for today's date, not read from a national table. India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so real sunrise varies across the country by well over an hour.
Sunrise and sunset in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 8 October 2026
All times are local to Chennai, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Event | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 5:58 AM | The Sun's upper edge reaching the horizon, for this city's coordinates. |
| Sunset | 5:54 PM | The Sun's upper edge leaving the horizon. |
| Day length | 11h 56m 04s | Sunrise to sunset. Called dinamana in a panchang. |
| Night length | 12h 04m 00s | Sunset to the next sunrise. Called ratrimana. |
| Moonrise | 4:37 AM, 9 Oct | The first after today's sunrise, dated when it falls after midnight. |
| Moonset | 4:17 PM | As above. The Moon shifts by roughly 50 minutes a day. |
Sunrise and sunset for the next 7 days
Daylight changes a little each day. These seven rows are calculated for Chennai and stay on this stable URL rather than creating dated pages.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:58 AM | 5:54 PM | 11 hours 56 minutes | |
| 5:58 AM | 5:54 PM | 11 hours 55 minutes | |
| 5:59 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 hours 54 minutes | |
| 5:59 AM | 5:53 PM | 11 hours 53 minutes | |
| 5:59 AM | 5:52 PM | 11 hours 53 minutes | |
| 5:59 AM | 5:51 PM | 11 hours 52 minutes | |
| 5:59 AM | 5:51 PM | 11 hours 51 minutes |
What the sunrise time in Chennai decides
Most of a panchang is measured from sunrise rather than from midnight, so the figure above sets the boundaries of the day's other timings in Chennai: Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal are all divisions of the interval between it and sunset.
For tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows, open the full Panchang for Chennai.
Sunrise and sunset in other cities
Sunrise and sunset are properties of a place, so each city is calculated separately. A time computed for Delhi is wrong in Chennai by a meaningful margin.
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How sunrise and sunset are calculated
Positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, using this city's coordinates and today's date. Sunrise and sunset are the moments the Sun's upper edge crosses the horizon, which is the convention a printed panchang uses and the reason these times differ by a minute or two from a "centre of the disc" figure.
Moonrise and moonset come from the same calculation for the Moon. They are the first after this sunrise and before the next — the panchang day — so a moonrise after midnight carries the next date. The Moon rises roughly 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise at all in that span and that row is omitted rather than left blank.
Sunrise and sunset questions, answered
What time is sunrise in Chennai today?
The Sun rises in Chennai at 5:58 AM today, calculated for the city's own latitude and longitude rather than a national average.
What time is sunset in Chennai today?
Sunset in Chennai is at 5:54 PM today.
How long is the day in Chennai today?
11 hours 56 minutes of daylight and 12 hours 4 minutes of darkness. A panchang calls those two figures dinamana and ratrimana.
Why is sunrise in Chennai different from Delhi?
India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so actual sunrise differs across the country by well over an hour. Every figure here is computed for Chennai's coordinates, which is also why the Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal windows measured from it differ from Delhi's.