Chennai panchang, 26 March 2026
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:21 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:12 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:53
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:19 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:31 next day
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:19 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:31 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:31 – 02:55 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:10 – 16:19
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. 04:35 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- 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 16:19 – 06:09 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:19 – 06:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:19 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:12 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:14 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:48 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:40 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:12 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:35 Aquarius
- 05:35 – 07:15 Pisces
- 07:15 – 09:03 Aries
- 09:03 – 11:05 Taurus
- 11:05 – 13:17 Gemini
- 13:17 – 15:26 Cancer
- 15:26 – 17:29 Leo
- 17:29 – 19:31 Virgo
- 19:31 – 21:38 Libra
- 21:38 – 23:49 Scorpio
- 23:49 – 01:56 next day Sagittarius
- 01:56 – 03:50 next day Capricorn
- 03:50 – 05:32 next day Aquarius
- 05:32 – 06:09 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