Chennai panchang, 14 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 10:16 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:13
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:27
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:43 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:16
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:04
- Karana Balava until 19:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:12 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:04 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 19:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:36 Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:27
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. 04:42 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:23 – 09:12
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 09:12
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 09:12 – 06:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:13 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:13 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 12:03 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:28 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:18 – 17:43 | Good |
| Char | 17:43 – 19:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:18 – 20:53 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:53 – 22:28 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:38 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:23 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:06 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 13:57 Pisces
- 13:57 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 19:59 Gemini
- 19:59 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 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