Chennai panchang, 18 March 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 05:33 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:47
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:18 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:22
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 04:36 – 06:14 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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:16 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:07 Aquarius
- 06:07 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:35 Aries
- 09:35 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:48 Gemini
- 13:48 – 15:58 Cancer
- 15:58 – 18:01 Leo
- 18:01 – 20:02 Virgo
- 20:02 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:28 next day Sagittarius
- 02:28 – 04:21 next day Capricorn
- 04:21 – 06:03 next day Aquarius
- 06:03 – 06:14 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