Chennai panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:18 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:53
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:19 to 06:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:38
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:22
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:53
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. 04:37 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:49 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:49 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:12 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:15 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:42 – 06:11 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:12 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:12 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:12 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:47 Aquarius
- 05:47 – 07:27 Pisces
- 07:27 – 09:15 Aries
- 09:15 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:38 Cancer
- 15:38 – 17:41 Leo
- 17:41 – 19:43 Virgo
- 19:43 – 21:49 Libra
- 21:49 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:08 next day Sagittarius
- 02:08 – 04:02 next day Capricorn
- 04:02 – 05:43 next day Aquarius
- 05:43 – 06:11 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