Chennai panchang, 6 December 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 03:50 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:40
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:40 to 06:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:22 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 13:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:41
- Karana Gara until 13:34, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:38 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:55
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:40
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 13:38 – 06:19 next day
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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:40 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:19 – 07:44 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:44 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:24 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:15 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:40 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:34 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:44 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:13 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 07:07 Scorpio
- 07:07 – 09:14 Sagittarius
- 09:14 – 11:07 Capricorn
- 11:07 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:29 Pisces
- 14:29 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:19 Taurus
- 18:19 – 20:31 Gemini
- 20:31 – 22:40 Cancer
- 22:40 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 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