Chennai panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 03:08 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 17:44- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:14 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:19
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:38, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:19
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:57 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:24 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Char | 09:14 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:29 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:19 | Good |
| Rog | 16:19 – 17:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:44 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:19 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:14 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:24 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:24 NowSaturn
- 12:24 NowJupiter
- 13:24 NowMars
- 14:24 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:24 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:24 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:24 NowVenus
- 23:24 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMoon
- 01:24 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:26 Scorpio
- 06:26 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:48 Pisces
- 13:48 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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