Chennai panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 06:34 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 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:56
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:17
- Karana Naga until 07:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:12 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:56
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. 04:45 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:41 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Char | 12:06 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:21 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:21 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:52 – 06:27 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:23 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:18 Sagittarius
- 08:18 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:53 Aquarius
- 11:53 – 13:33 Pisces
- 13:33 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 23:47 Leo
- 23:47 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:27 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