Chennai panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 12:05 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:44- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:25 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:28
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:44 to 06:25 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:25 – 07:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:28
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 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:44 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:25 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:14 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:39 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:39 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:29 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:19 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:19 – 17:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:44 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:19 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:30 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:25 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
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:47 Gemini
- 19:47 – 21:57 Cancer
- 21:57 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 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