Chennai panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 06:54 Chaitra 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:28
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:48
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:18 to 06:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:48
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. 04:38 – 05:26
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:14 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:16 – 13:47 | Good |
| Rog | 13:47 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:46 – 00:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:16 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:59 Aquarius
- 05:59 – 07:39 Pisces
- 07:39 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:41 Gemini
- 13:41 – 15:50 Cancer
- 15:50 – 17:53 Leo
- 17:53 – 19:54 Virgo
- 19:54 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:55 next day Aquarius
- 05:55 – 06:13 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