Chennai panchang, 24 February 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 11:23 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:15- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Gulika Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:47
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:02
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:07 · lord Sun
- Yoga Indra until 07:23
- Karana Vanija until 07:02, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:57 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:26 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:23 – 04:26 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:26 – 05:38 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. 04:50 – 05:39
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:02 – 04:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:53 – 12:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:22 – 13:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:50 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:15 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:21 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:53 – 03:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:24 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:21 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:33 Aquarius
- 07:33 – 09:13 Pisces
- 09:13 – 11:01 Aries
- 11:01 – 13:03 Taurus
- 13:03 – 15:15 Gemini
- 15:15 – 17:24 Cancer
- 17:24 – 19:27 Leo
- 19:27 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:47 next day Scorpio
- 01:47 – 03:54 next day Sagittarius
- 03:54 – 05:48 next day Capricorn
- 05:48 – 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