Chennai panchang, 10 December 2025
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 23:12 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:26
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:47
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:44 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:46
- Karana Vanija until 13:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:33 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 13:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:47 – 01:45 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. 04:40 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 02:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:47 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:57 Sagittarius
- 08:57 – 10:50 Capricorn
- 10:50 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 16:00 Aries
- 16:00 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:14 Gemini
- 20:14 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:28 next day Virgo
- 02:28 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:21 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