Chennai panchang, 19 March 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 06:13 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:14 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 11:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:53
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:18 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:53
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 04:05 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 01:17 next day
- Karana Naga until 06:53, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 11:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:53
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 06:14 – 06:35
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- 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 06:14 – 06:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:05 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:14 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:16 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:48 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:43 Pisces
- 07:43 – 09:31 Aries
- 09:31 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 15:54 Cancer
- 15:54 – 17:57 Leo
- 17:57 – 19:58 Virgo
- 19:58 – 22:05 Libra
- 22:05 – 00:17 next day Scorpio
- 00:17 – 02:24 next day Sagittarius
- 02:24 – 04:17 next day Capricorn
- 04:17 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 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