Chennai panchang, 8 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 22:25 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 12:19 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:17
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:17 to 06:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 21:11
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:31 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 07:04
- Karana Kaulava until 08:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 08:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:31 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 21:11 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:04 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:17
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:31 – 06:21 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. 04:45 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:21 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:50 – 12:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:19 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Char | 21:18 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:49 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 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
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:20 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:04 Capricorn
- 05:04 – 06:46 Aquarius
- 06:46 – 08:26 Pisces
- 08:26 – 10:14 Aries
- 10:14 – 12:16 Taurus
- 12:16 – 14:28 Gemini
- 14:28 – 16:37 Cancer
- 16:37 – 18:40 Leo
- 18:40 – 20:42 Virgo
- 20:42 – 22:48 Libra
- 22:48 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:07 next day Sagittarius
- 03:07 – 05:01 next day Capricorn
- 05:01 – 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