Chennai panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 02:21 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:30
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:24 – 11:08
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 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:57 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:57 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:38 Sagittarius
- 08:38 – 10:31 Capricorn
- 10:31 – 12:13 Aquarius
- 12:13 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:43 Taurus
- 17:43 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:03 Cancer
- 22:03 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:08 next day Virgo
- 02:08 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 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