Chennai panchang, 10 March 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 18:17 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 18:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Gulika Kalam 12:19 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:17 to 06:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 08:21
- Karana Vishti until 12:40, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:21 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 12:40 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:05 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:21 – 09:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:48
- Rahu Kalam 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. 04:44 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:20 – 19:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:54 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:19 – 13:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:18 – 01:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:49 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:19 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:57 Capricorn
- 04:57 – 06:38 Aquarius
- 06:38 – 08:18 Pisces
- 08:18 – 10:06 Aries
- 10:06 – 12:08 Taurus
- 12:08 – 14:20 Gemini
- 14:20 – 16:29 Cancer
- 16:29 – 18:32 Leo
- 18:32 – 20:34 Virgo
- 20:34 – 22:40 Libra
- 22:40 – 00:52 next day Scorpio
- 00:52 – 02:59 next day Sagittarius
- 02:59 – 04:53 next day Capricorn
- 04:53 – 06:19 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