Chennai panchang, 11 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 08:08 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 17:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:17
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 11:23
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:04 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 10:18
- Karana Kaulava until 11:23, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 11:23 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:17
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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:42 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 03:04 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:21 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 12:01 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:52 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:17 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:17 – 17:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:42 – 19:17 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:17 – 20:52 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:21 NowVenus
- 14:21 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:21 NowMoon
- 23:21 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:21 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:54 Sagittarius
- 08:54 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:29 Aquarius
- 12:29 – 14:09 Pisces
- 14:09 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:59 Taurus
- 17:59 – 20:11 Gemini
- 20:11 – 22:20 Cancer
- 22:20 – 00:23 next day Leo
- 00:23 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:22 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