Chennai panchang, 13 December 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 09:36 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 14:52 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:42
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:42 to 06:23 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:48
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhruva until 12:14
- Karana Vishti until 16:48, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:14 – 15:50
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:42
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 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:42 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:22 – 07:47 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:27 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:27 – 14:52 | Good |
| Rog | 14:52 – 16:17 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:42 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:18 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:23 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 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:13 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:22 NowJupiter
- 12:22 NowMars
- 13:22 NowSun
- 14:22 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:22 NowMercury
- 23:22 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:23 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