Chennai panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 05:36 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 15:53
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:13 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 15:53
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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. 04:53 – 05:42
- 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 18:13 – 20:41
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:59 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:23 Capricorn
- 06:23 – 08:05 Aquarius
- 08:05 – 09:45 Pisces
- 09:45 – 11:33 Aries
- 11:33 – 13:35 Taurus
- 13:35 – 15:46 Gemini
- 15:46 – 17:56 Cancer
- 17:56 – 19:59 Leo
- 19:59 – 22:00 Virgo
- 22:00 – 00:07 next day Libra
- 00:07 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:26 next day Sagittarius
- 04:26 – 06:19 next day Capricorn
- 06:19 – 06:31 next day Aquarius
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