Chennai panchang, 6 December 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 19:13 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam 09:09 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:50
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 11:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:26
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 08:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 23:45
- Karana Taitila until 11:08, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 11:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:45 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 06:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:50
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. 04:38 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:09 | Good |
| Rog | 09:09 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:50 – 16:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:15 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:50 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:48 Aquarius
- 12:48 – 14:28 Pisces
- 14:28 – 16:16 Aries
- 16:16 – 18:18 Taurus
- 18:18 – 20:29 Gemini
- 20:29 – 22:39 Cancer
- 22:39 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:43 next day Virgo
- 02:43 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 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