Chennai panchang, 7 March 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 21:34 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:22 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 07:10 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:49 – 15:18
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:17 to 06:21 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:15 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vriddhi until 06:52
- Karana Bava until 06:31, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:52 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:15 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:10 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 11:15
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. 04:45 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 19:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:15 – 06:21 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:15 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:22 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:50 – 12:20 | Bad |
| Char | 12:20 – 13:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:19 – 01:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:50 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:20 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:08 Capricorn
- 05:08 – 06:50 Aquarius
- 06:50 – 08:30 Pisces
- 08:30 – 10:18 Aries
- 10:18 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:32 Gemini
- 14:32 – 16:41 Cancer
- 16:41 – 18:44 Leo
- 18:44 – 20:46 Virgo
- 20:46 – 22:52 Libra
- 22:52 – 01:04 next day Scorpio
- 01:04 – 03:11 next day Sagittarius
- 03:11 – 05:04 next day Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:21 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