Chennai panchang, 14 March 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 02:42 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 07:06 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 13:48 – 15:18
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:18 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:49 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Variyan until 10:42
- Karana Vishti until 08:11, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 08:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:42 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:06 – 07:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:48
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:42 – 22:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:18
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:49 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:48 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:48 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:17 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:17 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:17 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:17 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:23 Aquarius
- 06:23 – 08:02 Pisces
- 08:02 – 09:50 Aries
- 09:50 – 11:53 Taurus
- 11:53 – 14:04 Gemini
- 14:04 – 16:13 Cancer
- 16:13 – 18:16 Leo
- 18:16 – 20:18 Virgo
- 20:18 – 22:25 Libra
- 22:25 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:44 next day Sagittarius
- 02:44 – 04:37 next day Capricorn
- 04:37 – 06:17 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