Chennai panchang, 28 February 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 15:30 Phalguna month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:19
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:16 to 06:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:43
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 09:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:02
- Karana Bava until 09:36, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:02 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 20:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:19
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:36 Capricorn
- 05:36 – 07:18 Aquarius
- 07:18 – 08:57 Pisces
- 08:57 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:48 Taurus
- 12:48 – 14:59 Gemini
- 14:59 – 17:09 Cancer
- 17:09 – 19:11 Leo
- 19:11 – 21:13 Virgo
- 21:13 – 23:20 Libra
- 23:20 – 01:32 next day Scorpio
- 01:32 – 03:39 next day Sagittarius
- 03:39 – 05:32 next day Capricorn
- 05:32 – 06:25 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