Chennai panchang, 7 December 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 04:42 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:24
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:40 to 06:20 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:46
- Karana Vishti until 15:15, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:24
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. 04:38 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:48 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:19 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:09 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 12:00 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:25 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:40 | Good |
| Char | 17:40 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:50 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:25 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:20 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:06 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:19 NowMercury
- 13:19 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:19 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:51 Libra
- 04:51 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:10 Sagittarius
- 09:10 – 11:03 Capricorn
- 11:03 – 12:45 Aquarius
- 12:45 – 14:25 Pisces
- 14:25 – 16:13 Aries
- 16:13 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:27 Gemini
- 20:27 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 00:39 next day Leo
- 00:39 – 02:40 next day Virgo
- 02:40 – 04:47 next day Libra
- 04:47 – 06:20 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