Chennai panchang, 9 March 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 23:16 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:17 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:27
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 07:35
- Karana Gara until 10:17, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 09:30 Moon enters Scorpio
- 10:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:27 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:49 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:54
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. 04:44 – 05:32
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:11 – 06:20 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:11 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:19 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Char | 13:49 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:19 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:01 Capricorn
- 05:01 – 06:42 Aquarius
- 06:42 – 08:22 Pisces
- 08:22 – 10:10 Aries
- 10:10 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:24 Gemini
- 14:24 – 16:33 Cancer
- 16:33 – 18:36 Leo
- 18:36 – 20:38 Virgo
- 20:38 – 22:44 Libra
- 22:44 – 00:56 next day Scorpio
- 00:56 – 03:03 next day Sagittarius
- 03:03 – 04:57 next day Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:20 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