Chennai panchang, 20 February 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 08:18 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:54 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda 15:18 – 16:46
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:14 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:38
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 18:23
- Karana Gara until 14:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:23 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:46
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01 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. 04:52 – 05:41
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 20:07 – 06:29 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:07 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:07 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:26 – 10:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:54 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:18 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:54 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:07 Capricorn
- 06:07 – 07:49 Aquarius
- 07:49 – 09:29 Pisces
- 09:29 – 11:17 Aries
- 11:17 – 13:19 Taurus
- 13:19 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:40 Cancer
- 17:40 – 19:43 Leo
- 19:43 – 21:44 Virgo
- 21:44 – 23:51 Libra
- 23:51 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:10 next day Sagittarius
- 04:10 – 06:03 next day Capricorn
- 06:03 – 06:29 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