Chennai panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 03:58 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:29
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:25 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:32 Aries
- 15:32 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:46 Gemini
- 19:46 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 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