Chennai panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 05:35 Kartika month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:16
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:41 to 06:20 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:06
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:15, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:25
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:16
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 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:20 – 07:45 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:10 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:25 – 14:50 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:41 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:41 – 19:16 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:25 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:25 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:45 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 06:20 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
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:07 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:07 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:20 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 04:47 Libra
- 04:47 – 06:59 Scorpio
- 06:59 – 09:06 Sagittarius
- 09:06 – 10:59 Capricorn
- 10:59 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:21 Pisces
- 14:21 – 16:09 Aries
- 16:09 – 18:11 Taurus
- 18:11 – 20:23 Gemini
- 20:23 – 22:32 Cancer
- 22:32 – 00:35 next day Leo
- 00:35 – 02:36 next day Virgo
- 02:36 – 04:43 next day Libra
- 04:43 – 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