Chennai panchang, 6 March 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 20:45 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:44
- Durmuhurta 12:44 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:05
- Karana Vishti until 17:53, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:05 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 09:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 17:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:44 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 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. 04:46 – 05:34
- 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
| Char | 06:23 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:20 – 13:49 | Good |
| Rog | 13:49 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:21 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:22 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:12 Capricorn
- 05:12 – 06:54 Aquarius
- 06:54 – 08:34 Pisces
- 08:34 – 10:22 Aries
- 10:22 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:36 Gemini
- 14:36 – 16:45 Cancer
- 16:45 – 18:48 Leo
- 18:48 – 20:49 Virgo
- 20:49 – 22:56 Libra
- 22:56 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:15 next day Sagittarius
- 03:15 – 05:08 next day Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:22 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