Chennai panchang, 5 March 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 19:57 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:23 – 07:52
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:17 to 06:23 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:17 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 07:45
- Karana Gara until 17:04, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:17 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:23 – 07:52
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:45 – 10:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:23 – 08:17
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 17:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:59 – 18:07
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. 04:46 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 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
| Shubh | 06:23 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:52 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:49 – 00:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:20 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:50 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:52 – 06:23 next day | Good |
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
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:16 Capricorn
- 05:16 – 06:58 Aquarius
- 06:58 – 08:38 Pisces
- 08:38 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:28 Taurus
- 12:28 – 14:40 Gemini
- 14:40 – 16:49 Cancer
- 16:49 – 18:52 Leo
- 18:52 – 20:53 Virgo
- 20:53 – 23:00 Libra
- 23:00 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:19 next day Sagittarius
- 03:19 – 05:12 next day Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:23 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