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Sunrise, Sunset & Moon Times — Chennai

Here are today's Sun and Moon times for Chennai, in local time: the Sun rises at 5:43 AM and sets at 6:36 PM, giving about 12h 53m of daylight. Below: every twilight phase, the golden and blue hour, and tonight's Moon.

TODAY'S SUN · CHENNAI
Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:36 PM
Day length12h 53m
Sun right nowup, 57°

Computed for Chennai (13.08°, 80.27°), shown in local time (Asia/Kolkata).

Twilight & the golden hour for Chennai

EVENING (DUSK)
Golden hour6:06 PM – 6:51 PM
Blue hour6:51 PM – 7:00 PM
Civil dusk · Sun −6°7:00 PM
Nautical dusk · Sun −12°7:27 PM
Astronomical dusk · true dark7:55 PM
MORNING (DAWN)
Astronomical dawn · Sun −18°4:24 AM
Nautical dawn · Sun −12°4:52 AM
Civil dawn · Sun −6°5:19 AM
Sunrise · Sun −0.8°5:43 AM

Golden hour is the warm, soft light photographers love (Sun between about +6° and −4°); blue hour is the deep-blue window just after. Astronomical dusk is when the sky reaches true darkness and the faintest stars appear — the moment that matters for stargazing.

The Moon over Chennai

Moonrise8:55 AM
Moonset9:10 PM
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illumination6%

The Moon is currently above the horizon at Chennai. A bright Moon washes out faint stars — see the stargazing-conditions page for tonight's full verdict.

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