Midnight to midnight. The lit band is daylight; the darker edges are twilight and night, tinted by how high the sun actually gets.

Today in Chennai

Today the sun rises over Chennai at 05:58 and sets at 18:14, giving 12 h 16 min of daylight.

Across 2026 the day length in Chennai swings by 1 h 33 min, from 11 h 21 min on 2026-12-22 to 12 h 54 min on 2026-06-21.

The moon is waning tonight, 1% lit.

September 2026 in Chennai

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of September 2026 in Chennai, IN.
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Change
1	05:58	18:20	12 h 22 min	—
2	05:58	18:19	12 h 22 min	+0 min
3	05:58	18:19	12 h 21 min	-1 min
4	05:58	18:18	12 h 20 min	-1 min
5	05:58	18:17	12 h 19 min	-1 min
6	05:58	18:17	12 h 19 min	+0 min
7	05:58	18:16	12 h 18 min	-1 min
8	05:58	18:15	12 h 17 min	-1 min
9	05:58	18:14	12 h 17 min	+0 min
10	05:58	18:14	12 h 16 min	-1 min
11	05:58	18:13	12 h 15 min	-1 min
12	05:58	18:12	12 h 14 min	-1 min
13	05:58	18:12	12 h 14 min	+0 min
14	05:58	18:11	12 h 13 min	-1 min
15	05:58	18:10	12 h 12 min	-1 min
16	05:58	18:10	12 h 12 min	+0 min
17	05:58	18:09	12 h 11 min	-1 min
18	05:58	18:08	12 h 10 min	-1 min
19	05:58	18:07	12 h 9 min	-1 min
20	05:58	18:07	12 h 9 min	+0 min
21	05:58	18:06	12 h 8 min	-1 min
22	05:58	18:05	12 h 7 min	-1 min
23	05:58	18:04	12 h 6 min	-1 min
24	05:58	18:04	12 h 6 min	+0 min
25	05:58	18:03	12 h 5 min	-1 min
26	05:58	18:02	12 h 4 min	-1 min
27	05:58	18:02	12 h 4 min	+0 min
28	05:58	18:01	12 h 3 min	-1 min
29	05:58	18:00	12 h 2 min	-1 min
30	05:58	18:00	12 h 1 min	-1 min

Each column is one day of 2026. The lit band runs from sunrise to sunset in local clock time, so the daylight saving change shows up as a step.

Today the sun rises in Chennai at 05:58, local time.

Today the sun sets in Chennai at 18:14, local time.

Chennai gets 12 h 16 min of daylight today, from sunrise to sunset.

The longest day of 2026 in Chennai is 2026-06-21, with 12 h 54 min of daylight.

The moon is waning over Chennai tonight, 1% lit.