Chennai panchang, 19 December 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 05:42 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:20
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 15:46
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:08, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:46 – 18:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 22:51
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:59 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:59 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:15 Capricorn
- 10:15 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:38 Gemini
- 19:38 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 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