Chennai panchang, 2 March 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 17:25 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:54 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:52 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 17:56
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:19
- Karana Gara until 06:30, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:51 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:51 Moon enters Leo
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:28 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:56 – 05:28 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:48 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 07:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:25 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:54 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:52 | Good |
| Rog | 10:52 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:24 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:28 Capricorn
- 05:28 – 07:10 Aquarius
- 07:10 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 10:38 Aries
- 10:38 – 12:40 Taurus
- 12:40 – 14:51 Gemini
- 14:51 – 17:01 Cancer
- 17:01 – 19:04 Leo
- 19:04 – 21:05 Virgo
- 21:05 – 23:12 Libra
- 23:12 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:31 next day Sagittarius
- 03:31 – 05:24 next day Capricorn
- 05:24 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method