Chennai panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 21:22 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:25
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:52 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 16:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:25
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:45 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:46 – 13:44
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. 04:39 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:41 | Good |
| Char | 17:41 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:57 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:46 Libra
- 04:46 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:05 Sagittarius
- 09:05 – 10:58 Capricorn
- 10:58 – 12:40 Aquarius
- 12:40 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:08 Aries
- 16:08 – 18:10 Taurus
- 18:10 – 20:22 Gemini
- 20:22 – 22:31 Cancer
- 22:31 – 00:34 next day Leo
- 00:34 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 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