Chennai panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 07:26 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:46
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:35
- Karana Bava until 09:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:46
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) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:36 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:52 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:42 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:29 Pisces
- 13:29 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:31 Gemini
- 19:31 – 21:40 Cancer
- 21:40 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:44 next day Virgo
- 01:44 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 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