Chennai panchang, 4 February 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 20:29 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:49
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:09 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 00:10 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 22:12 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:20, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:12 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 00:10 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 00:10 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:20 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:39 – 05:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:20 – 00:10 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
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. 04:56 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:09 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:17 Sagittarius
- 05:17 – 07:10 Capricorn
- 07:10 – 08:52 Aquarius
- 08:52 – 10:32 Pisces
- 10:32 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:34 Gemini
- 16:34 – 18:43 Cancer
- 18:43 – 20:46 Leo
- 20:46 – 22:47 Virgo
- 22:47 – 00:54 next day Libra
- 00:54 – 03:06 next day Scorpio
- 03:06 – 05:13 next day Sagittarius
- 05:13 – 06:35 next day Capricorn
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