Chennai panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 04:53 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Gulika Kalam 12:17 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam 15:17 – 16:48
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:18 to 06:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 06:22
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 06:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 06:15 next day
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. 04:40 – 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 – 20:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:46 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:47 – 12:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:17 – 13:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:47 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:17 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:41 Taurus
- 11:41 – 13:52 Gemini
- 13:52 – 16:02 Cancer
- 16:02 – 18:05 Leo
- 18:05 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:32 next day Sagittarius
- 02:32 – 04:25 next day Capricorn
- 04:25 – 06:07 next day Aquarius
- 06:07 – 06:15 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