Chennai panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 11:00 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:24
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:01 – 12:21 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:24
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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:49 – 20:21
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 09:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 15:56 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:56 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:54 Sagittarius
- 07:54 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:57 Aries
- 14:57 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:11 Gemini
- 19:11 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:25 next day Virgo
- 01:25 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:43 next day Scorpio
- 05:43 – 06:30 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