Chennai panchang, 21 February 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 08:58 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 07:16 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:18
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:15 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:07 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 15:51
- Karana Vishti until 13:01, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:51 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:07 Moon enters Aries
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 01:52 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:16 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:29 – 19:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:03 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:03 – 11:03
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. 04:51 – 05:40
- 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 18:15 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 19:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 13:01
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:54 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:22 – 01:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:54 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:25 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:23 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:03 Capricorn
- 06:03 – 07:45 Aquarius
- 07:45 – 09:25 Pisces
- 09:25 – 11:13 Aries
- 11:13 – 13:15 Taurus
- 13:15 – 15:27 Gemini
- 15:27 – 17:36 Cancer
- 17:36 – 19:39 Leo
- 19:39 – 21:41 Virgo
- 21:41 – 23:47 Libra
- 23:47 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:06 next day Sagittarius
- 04:06 – 06:00 next day Capricorn
- 06:00 – 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