Chennai panchang, 8 February 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 23:44 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 18:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:11
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:11 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:01 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:02 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 00:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 15:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:08 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:11
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:02 – 06:34 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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:11 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 05:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:34 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:28 – 10:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:55 – 12:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:50 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:11 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:34 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
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:28 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:25 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:28 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:01 Sagittarius
- 05:01 – 06:55 Capricorn
- 06:55 – 08:36 Aquarius
- 08:36 – 10:16 Pisces
- 10:16 – 12:04 Aries
- 12:04 – 14:06 Taurus
- 14:06 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 18:27 Cancer
- 18:27 – 20:30 Leo
- 20:30 – 22:32 Virgo
- 22:32 – 00:38 next day Libra
- 00:38 – 02:50 next day Scorpio
- 02:50 – 04:57 next day Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 06:34 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