Chennai panchang, 14 December 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 01:34 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam 16:18 – 17:43
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:41 Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:50
- Nakshatra Hasta until 08:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:45
- Karana Vishti until 18:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:45 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:41 Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:18 – 17:43
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:23 – 08:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 08:18
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:23 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:18 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:13 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:57 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:23 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:23 NowMars
- 13:23 NowSun
- 14:23 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:23 NowMercury
- 23:23 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSaturn
- 01:23 NowJupiter
- 02:23 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:41 Sagittarius
- 08:41 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:56 Pisces
- 13:56 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 19:58 Gemini
- 19:58 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:10 next day Leo
- 00:10 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:24 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