Chennai panchang, 26 February 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 13:24 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:27 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:23 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:54
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:16 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:33 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 12:11 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 22:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:37, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 13:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:33 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:33 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:23 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:54
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 12:11
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:11 – 06:26 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. 04:49 – 05:38
- 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 18:16 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:26 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 00:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:27 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:19 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:22 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:44 Capricorn
- 05:44 – 07:26 Aquarius
- 07:26 – 09:05 Pisces
- 09:05 – 10:53 Aries
- 10:53 – 12:56 Taurus
- 12:56 – 15:07 Gemini
- 15:07 – 17:16 Cancer
- 17:16 – 19:19 Leo
- 19:19 – 21:21 Virgo
- 21:21 – 23:28 Libra
- 23:28 – 01:39 next day Scorpio
- 01:39 – 03:47 next day Sagittarius
- 03:47 – 05:40 next day Capricorn
- 05:40 – 06:26 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