Chennai panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 12:18 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:00 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam 16:25 – 17:50
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:50 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 10:13
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 20:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:25 – 17:50
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. 04:49 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 08:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:30 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:20 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:00 | Good |
| Rog | 15:00 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:25 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:50 – 19:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:25 – 21:00 | Good |
| Char | 21:00 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:20 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:00 NowMercury
- 15:57 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:57 NowSun
- 21:00 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:39 Scorpio
- 05:39 – 07:46 Sagittarius
- 07:46 – 09:40 Capricorn
- 09:40 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:03 Gemini
- 19:03 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:17 next day Virgo
- 01:17 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:35 next day Scorpio
- 05:35 – 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