Chennai panchang, 2 December 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 00:30 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:23
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 22:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 08:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:31
- Karana Taitila until 10:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:55 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 10:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 22:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:23
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:23 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:48 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:07 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:17 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:55 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:55 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:11 Libra
- 05:11 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:30 Sagittarius
- 09:30 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 13:05 Aquarius
- 13:05 – 14:44 Pisces
- 14:44 – 16:32 Aries
- 16:32 – 18:35 Taurus
- 18:35 – 20:46 Gemini
- 20:46 – 22:56 Cancer
- 22:56 – 00:58 next day Leo
- 00:58 – 03:00 next day Virgo
- 03:00 – 05:07 next day Libra
- 05:07 – 06:17 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