Chennai panchang, 13 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 01:53 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:48
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:18 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 06:29
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:31
- Karana Gara until 06:29, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 06:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Yamaganda 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. 04:42 – 05:30
- 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
| Char | 06:18 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:18 – 13:48 | Good |
| Rog | 13:48 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:18 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 04:45 Capricorn
- 04:45 – 06:27 Aquarius
- 06:27 – 08:06 Pisces
- 08:06 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:17 Cancer
- 16:17 – 18:20 Leo
- 18:20 – 20:22 Virgo
- 20:22 – 22:29 Libra
- 22:29 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:48 next day Sagittarius
- 02:48 – 04:41 next day Capricorn
- 04:41 – 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