Chennai panchang, 27 March 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 13:23 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:48
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:19 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:07
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:24 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 22:10
- Karana Kaulava until 10:07, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Moon enters Cancer
- 10:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:07 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:24 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 21:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:10 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:38 – 13:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:48
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:24 – 06:08 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. 04:34 – 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 06:09 – 15:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:09 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:14 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:14 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:42 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:40 – 06:08 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
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 05:32 Aquarius
- 05:32 – 07:11 Pisces
- 07:11 – 08:59 Aries
- 08:59 – 11:02 Taurus
- 11:02 – 13:13 Gemini
- 13:13 – 15:22 Cancer
- 15:22 – 17:25 Leo
- 17:25 – 19:27 Virgo
- 19:27 – 21:34 Libra
- 21:34 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:53 next day Sagittarius
- 01:53 – 03:46 next day Capricorn
- 03:46 – 05:28 next day Aquarius
- 05:28 – 06:08 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