Chennai panchang, 23 February 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 10:30 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Durmuhurta 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:15 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 09:09
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 10:18
- Karana Taitila until 09:09, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 09:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:12 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:45 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
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) 11:58 – 12:45
- 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 – 16:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Char | 13:50 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:50 – 00:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:22 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:56 Capricorn
- 05:56 – 07:37 Aquarius
- 07:37 – 09:17 Pisces
- 09:17 – 11:05 Aries
- 11:05 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:19 Gemini
- 15:19 – 17:28 Cancer
- 17:28 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 21:33 Virgo
- 21:33 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 01:51 next day Scorpio
- 01:51 – 03:58 next day Sagittarius
- 03:58 – 05:52 next day Capricorn
- 05:52 – 06:28 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