Chennai panchang, 3 March 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 18:18 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 18:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:44
- Gulika Kalam 12:20 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 06:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 17:07
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:31 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:24
- Karana Bava until 17:07, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 10:24 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 17:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:20 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
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. 04:47 – 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 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:51 – 12:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:20 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:20 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:51 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:24 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:24 Capricorn
- 05:24 – 07:06 Aquarius
- 07:06 – 08:46 Pisces
- 08:46 – 10:34 Aries
- 10:34 – 12:36 Taurus
- 12:36 – 14:47 Gemini
- 14:47 – 16:57 Cancer
- 16:57 – 19:00 Leo
- 19:00 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:08 Libra
- 23:08 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:27 next day Sagittarius
- 03:27 – 05:20 next day Capricorn
- 05:20 – 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