Chennai panchang, 12 March 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 01:01 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam 13:48 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 00:43 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:27, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:58 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:43 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:58 – 10:31 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 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. 04:43 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:48 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 04:49 Capricorn
- 04:49 – 06:31 Aquarius
- 06:31 – 08:10 Pisces
- 08:10 – 09:58 Aries
- 09:58 – 12:01 Taurus
- 12:01 – 14:12 Gemini
- 14:12 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:24 Leo
- 18:24 – 20:26 Virgo
- 20:26 – 22:33 Libra
- 22:33 – 00:44 next day Scorpio
- 00:44 – 02:52 next day Sagittarius
- 02:52 – 04:45 next day Capricorn
- 04:45 – 06:18 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