Chennai panchang, 5 December 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 18:05 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:15
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:08
- Karana Balava until 14:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:15
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. 04:37 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 00:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:18 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Char | 16:15 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 12:56 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:18 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:18 NowSun
- 13:18 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:18 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:18 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:18 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:18 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:18 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:58 Libra
- 04:58 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:52 Aquarius
- 12:52 – 14:32 Pisces
- 14:32 – 16:20 Aries
- 16:20 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:33 Gemini
- 20:33 – 22:43 Cancer
- 22:43 – 00:46 next day Leo
- 00:46 – 02:47 next day Virgo
- 02:47 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 06:19 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