Chennai panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 08:54 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:22 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:22 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 07:07 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:27 – 14:52
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:42 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:22 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:22 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:07 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:52
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:25
- 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 06:22 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:22 – 07:47 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:37 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:02 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:27 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:42 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:42 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:52 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:27 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:12 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:47 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:43 Scorpio
- 06:43 – 08:50 Sagittarius
- 08:50 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 12:25 Aquarius
- 12:25 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:55 Taurus
- 17:55 – 20:07 Gemini
- 20:07 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 00:19 next day Leo
- 00:19 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:27 next day Libra
- 04:27 – 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