Chennai panchang, 4 December 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 02:10 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:14
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 06:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 10:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:23
- Karana Bava until 11:21, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:23 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:21 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:02 Moon enters Libra
- 23:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:14
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 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 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 – 23:45
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 11:58 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:24 | Good |
| Rog | 13:24 – 14:49 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:14 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:39 – 19:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:49 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:24 – 23:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:34 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:05 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:56 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:05 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:03 Libra
- 05:03 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:22 Sagittarius
- 09:22 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:57 Aquarius
- 12:57 – 14:37 Pisces
- 14:37 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:27 Taurus
- 18:27 – 20:38 Gemini
- 20:38 – 22:48 Cancer
- 22:48 – 00:51 next day Leo
- 00:51 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 04:59 next day Libra
- 04:59 – 06:18 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