Chennai panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 06:19 Magha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:14- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:52 – 09:39
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:46
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:14 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 00:28 next day
- Karana Naga until 17:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:52 – 09:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 21:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:16 – 06:31 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 18:14 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:55 – 12:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:22 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:14 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:54 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:59 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:19 Capricorn
- 06:19 – 08:01 Aquarius
- 08:01 – 09:41 Pisces
- 09:41 – 11:29 Aries
- 11:29 – 13:31 Taurus
- 13:31 – 15:42 Gemini
- 15:42 – 17:52 Cancer
- 17:52 – 19:55 Leo
- 19:55 – 21:56 Virgo
- 21:56 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 06:15 next day Capricorn
- 06:15 – 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