Chennai panchang, 25 February 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 12:21 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 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:50
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 13:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:28 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 15:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 01:28 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:50
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:16 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 13:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:38 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:38 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:27 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 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:48 Capricorn
- 05:48 – 07:29 Aquarius
- 07:29 – 09:09 Pisces
- 09:09 – 10:57 Aries
- 10:57 – 13:00 Taurus
- 13:00 – 15:11 Gemini
- 15:11 – 17:20 Cancer
- 17:20 – 19:23 Leo
- 19:23 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:32 Libra
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Scorpio
- 01:43 – 03:50 next day Sagittarius
- 03:50 – 05:44 next day Capricorn
- 05:44 – 06:27 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