Chennai panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 20:20 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:40
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:40 to 06:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:25
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:11 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:07
- Karana Vanija until 07:51, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:40
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 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:11 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:25 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 06:20 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 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:13 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:50 Libra
- 04:50 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:09 Sagittarius
- 09:09 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:12 Aries
- 16:12 – 18:14 Taurus
- 18:14 – 20:26 Gemini
- 20:26 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 00:38 next day Leo
- 00:38 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:46 next day Libra
- 04:46 – 06:20 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