Chennai panchang, 15 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 10:53 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 14:53 – 16:18
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:43 to 06:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:19
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 13:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:22, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:38 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:38 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:18
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 11:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 11:53 – 06:24 next day
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 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:43 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 11:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:23 – 07:48 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:48 – 09:13 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 14:53 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:53 – 16:18 | Good |
| Rog | 16:18 – 17:43 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:43 – 19:18 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:18 – 20:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:53 – 22:29 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 13:57 NowSun
- 14:53 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:53 NowSun
- 21:57 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:21 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:23 NowMercury
- 10:23 NowMoon
- 11:23 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:23 NowMars
- 14:23 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:23 NowSun
- 22:23 NowVenus
- 23:23 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:23 NowSaturn
- 02:23 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:23 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:53 Pisces
- 13:53 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:16 next day Libra
- 04:16 – 06:24 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