Chennai panchang, 15 March 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 03:28 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:18
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:18 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:17
- Nakshatra Shravana until 05:56 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 10:25
- Karana Balava until 09:17, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:17 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 21:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:56 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:18
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. 04:41 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:48 – 15:18 | Good |
| Rog | 15:18 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:47 – 06:16 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 07:58 Pisces
- 07:58 – 09:46 Aries
- 09:46 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:10 Cancer
- 16:10 – 18:13 Leo
- 18:13 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:21 Libra
- 22:21 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 04:33 next day Capricorn
- 04:33 – 06:15 next day Aquarius
- 06:15 – 06:16 next day Pisces
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