Chennai panchang, 1 December 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:39- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:32 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:48 – 16:13
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:39 to 06:16 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Magha until 09:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:15
- Karana Balava until 11:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:15 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:27 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:32 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:15 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:13
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:35 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:39 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:16 – 23:14
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:16 – 07:41 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:07 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:48 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:48 – 16:13 | Good |
| Rog | 16:13 – 17:39 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:39 – 19:13 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:13 – 20:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:48 – 22:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:42 – 06:16 next day | Avoid |
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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:07 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:16 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:15 Libra
- 05:15 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 13:09 Aquarius
- 13:09 – 14:48 Pisces
- 14:48 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:39 Taurus
- 18:39 – 20:50 Gemini
- 20:50 – 22:59 Cancer
- 22:59 – 01:02 next day Leo
- 01:02 – 03:04 next day Virgo
- 03:04 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
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