Chennai panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 07:38 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:46 – 15:17
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:18 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:38 – 05:25
- 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 23:56 – 06:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Char | 12:16 – 13:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:46 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:15 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:55 Aquarius
- 05:55 – 07:35 Pisces
- 07:35 – 09:23 Aries
- 09:23 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:37 Gemini
- 13:37 – 15:46 Cancer
- 15:46 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 19:50 Virgo
- 19:50 – 21:57 Libra
- 21:57 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:09 next day Capricorn
- 04:09 – 05:51 next day Aquarius
- 05:51 – 06:12 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