Chennai panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 09:42 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:33
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:07 – 06:29 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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 07:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:23 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:23 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:02 Sagittarius
- 08:02 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:05 Aries
- 15:05 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:19 Gemini
- 19:19 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:33 next day Virgo
- 01:33 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:51 next day Scorpio
- 05:51 – 06:29 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