Chennai panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 04:49 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 17:45- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:15 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:29
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:29
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:25 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:15 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:20 – 17:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:45 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:20 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:40 Pisces
- 13:40 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:31 Taurus
- 17:31 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 23:55 Leo
- 23:55 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 06:26 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