import pandas.util.testing as tm

# Creating a toy df
df = tm.makeTimeDataFrame()
df.index = df.index.map(lambda x: x.map(lambda y: str(y)[:10]))

# Move an index to desirable location
selected_index = '2000-02-11'
selected_row = df[df.index == selected_index]
df = df.drop(selected_index, axis = 0)
selected_row.append(df)