Chennai panchang, 9 February 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:11 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:52
Night
18:11 to 06:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:11 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 07:27 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:55 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:51 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 18:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:51 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:11 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:52
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 – 05:44
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:28 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:11 | Good |
| Char | 18:11 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:28 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:34 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 04:57 Sagittarius
- 04:57 – 06:51 Capricorn
- 06:51 – 08:32 Aquarius
- 08:32 – 10:12 Pisces
- 10:12 – 12:00 Aries
- 12:00 – 14:02 Taurus
- 14:02 – 16:14 Gemini
- 16:14 – 18:23 Cancer
- 18:23 – 20:26 Leo
- 20:26 – 22:28 Virgo
- 22:28 – 00:34 next day Libra
- 00:34 – 02:46 next day Scorpio
- 02:46 – 04:53 next day Sagittarius
- 04:53 – 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