Chennai panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:14 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 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:31
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:32 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:40
- Karana Kaulava until 10:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:40 – 20:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 23:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:28 next day
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. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 06:28 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:07 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:45 Aquarius
- 11:45 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:39 Leo
- 23:39 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 06:28 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