Chennai panchang, 29 March 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 15:18 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 12:13 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:19
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:19 to 06:07 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:38 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:19
- Karana Vishti until 07:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:38 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:38 Moon enters Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:25 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:13 – 07:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:19
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:19 – 20:19
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. 04:33 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:13 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:13 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:13 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:24 Aquarius
- 05:24 – 07:03 Pisces
- 07:03 – 08:51 Aries
- 08:51 – 10:54 Taurus
- 10:54 – 13:05 Gemini
- 13:05 – 15:15 Cancer
- 15:15 – 17:17 Leo
- 17:17 – 19:19 Virgo
- 19:19 – 21:26 Libra
- 21:26 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:45 next day Sagittarius
- 01:45 – 03:38 next day Capricorn
- 03:38 – 05:20 next day Aquarius
- 05:20 – 06:07 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