Chennai panchang, 3 December 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 01:20 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam 09:07 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:37 – 15:23
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:39 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 23:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 09:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 10:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 23:04 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:37 – 15:23
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:17 – 09:23
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. 04:36 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:39 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 23:04
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:42 – 09:07 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:07 – 10:33 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:49 – 16:14 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:39 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:49 – 22:24 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 23:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:08 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:43 – 06:17 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:07 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:49 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:49 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:05 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:07 Libra
- 05:07 – 07:19 Scorpio
- 07:19 – 09:26 Sagittarius
- 09:26 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 13:01 Aquarius
- 13:01 – 14:40 Pisces
- 14:40 – 16:29 Aries
- 16:29 – 18:31 Taurus
- 18:31 – 20:42 Gemini
- 20:42 – 22:52 Cancer
- 22:52 – 00:55 next day Leo
- 00:55 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:03 next day Libra
- 05:03 – 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