Chennai panchang, 5 December 2026
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 02:59 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:18 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:08 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:49
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:52 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:49 · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:53
- Karana Kaulava until 12:15, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:49 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:52 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:18 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:49
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 11:49
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. 04:37 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:40 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:49 – 06:19 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:49 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:18 – 07:43 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:08 | Good |
| Rog | 09:08 – 10:34 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:59 | Avoid |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:40 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:15 – 20:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:19 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
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:59 Libra
- 04:59 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:18 Sagittarius
- 09:18 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 14:33 Pisces
- 14:33 – 16:21 Aries
- 16:21 – 18:23 Taurus
- 18:23 – 20:34 Gemini
- 20:34 – 22:44 Cancer
- 22:44 – 00:47 next day Leo
- 00:47 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 06:19 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