Chennai panchang, 31 March 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 17:00 Chaitra month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:37
- Gulika Kalam 12:13 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:47
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:19 to 06:06 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 06:56
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 15:41
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 15:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:32 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:13 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 09:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 08:18 – 10:24
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. 04:32 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:37
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 15:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 06:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:10 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:06 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:13 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:12 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:37 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:07 NowSun
- 08:08 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:14 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:08 NowSun
- 05:07 NowVenus
- 06:06 NowMars
- 07:06 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:06 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 11:06 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:06 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMoon
- 01:06 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:06 NowMars
- 04:06 NowSun
- 05:06 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:16 Aquarius
- 05:16 – 06:56 Pisces
- 06:56 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:46 Taurus
- 10:46 – 12:57 Gemini
- 12:57 – 15:07 Cancer
- 15:07 – 17:10 Leo
- 17:10 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:18 Libra
- 21:18 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:37 next day Sagittarius
- 01:37 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 05:12 next day Aquarius
- 05:12 – 06:06 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