Chennai panchang, 26 November 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 11:01 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:21
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:38 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:02 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:42
- Karana Kaulava until 11:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:21
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:15 – 09:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:33 – 06:14 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. 04:33 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 01:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:02 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:12 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:12 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:21 | Good |
| Char | 22:21 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 07:45 Scorpio
- 07:45 – 09:52 Sagittarius
- 09:52 – 11:46 Capricorn
- 11:46 – 13:27 Aquarius
- 13:27 – 15:07 Pisces
- 15:07 – 16:55 Aries
- 16:55 – 18:57 Taurus
- 18:57 – 21:09 Gemini
- 21:09 – 23:18 Cancer
- 23:18 – 01:21 next day Leo
- 01:21 – 03:23 next day Virgo
- 03:23 – 05:29 next day Libra
- 05:29 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
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