Chennai panchang, 26 February 2028
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:45 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:45
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:19
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:16 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:40
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 21:37
- Karana Bava until 18:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 18:40 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:19 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 08:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:53
- 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. 04:50 – 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 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 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:55 – 06:27 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 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:46 Capricorn
- 05:46 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:55 Aries
- 10:55 – 12:58 Taurus
- 12:58 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 17:18 Cancer
- 17:18 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:23 Virgo
- 21:23 – 23:30 Libra
- 23:30 – 01:42 next day Scorpio
- 01:42 – 03:49 next day Sagittarius
- 03:49 – 05:42 next day Capricorn
- 05:42 – 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