Chennai panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 06:28 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:26
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Naga until 06:21, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:10
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:35 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:26
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. 04:39 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 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
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:35 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:26 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:51 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:16 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:21 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 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 04:43 Libra
- 04:43 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:02 Sagittarius
- 09:02 – 10:55 Capricorn
- 10:55 – 12:37 Aquarius
- 12:37 – 14:17 Pisces
- 14:17 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:07 Taurus
- 18:07 – 20:19 Gemini
- 20:19 – 22:28 Cancer
- 22:28 – 00:31 next day Leo
- 00:31 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 06:21 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