Chennai panchang, 31 December 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 14:42 Pausha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:36
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:52 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:30 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:13
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:31 – 07:51
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 01:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 01:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 01:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:30 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:12 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:58 NowJupiter
- 16:55 NowMars
- 17:52 NowSun
- 18:55 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:28 Capricorn
- 09:28 – 11:10 Aquarius
- 11:10 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:37 Aries
- 14:37 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:51 Gemini
- 18:51 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:03 Leo
- 23:03 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:12 next day Libra
- 03:12 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:32 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