Chennai panchang, 10 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 07:19 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:21 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:41 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:58 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 09:24
- Karana Bava until 08:46, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 08:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:36
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 09:24 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
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 Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:41 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:21 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:11 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:36 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:36 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:16 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:51 – 22:26 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 00:01 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:11 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:51 Scorpio
- 06:51 – 08:58 Sagittarius
- 08:58 – 10:51 Capricorn
- 10:51 – 12:33 Aquarius
- 12:33 – 14:13 Pisces
- 14:13 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 18:03 Taurus
- 18:03 – 20:15 Gemini
- 20:15 – 22:24 Cancer
- 22:24 – 00:27 next day Leo
- 00:27 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 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