Chennai panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 00:01 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:37 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:17
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:50 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 11:12
- Karana Kaulava until 14:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:17
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:37 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:56 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:49 Sagittarius
- 08:49 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:52 Aries
- 15:52 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:06 Gemini
- 20:06 – 22:15 Cancer
- 22:15 – 00:18 next day Leo
- 00:18 – 02:20 next day Virgo
- 02:20 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:23 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