Chennai panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 04:12 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Durmuhurta 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 13:47 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:54
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:18 to 06:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:41 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 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. 04:41 – 05:28
- 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
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Char | 13:47 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:17 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:46 – 06:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:45 Taurus
- 11:45 – 13:56 Gemini
- 13:56 – 16:06 Cancer
- 16:06 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:10 Virgo
- 20:10 – 22:17 Libra
- 22:17 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:29 next day Capricorn
- 04:29 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 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