Chennai panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 11:29 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:29
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:29
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:39 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:29 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:54 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:19 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:19 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:39 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:14 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:47 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:10 Aquarius
- 12:10 – 13:49 Pisces
- 13:49 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:40 Taurus
- 17:40 – 19:51 Gemini
- 19:51 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 06:25 next day Sagittarius
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