Chennai panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 12:43 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 17:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:55 – 16:20
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:20
- Visha yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:26 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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Narada, quoted in Muhurta Chintamani 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:26 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:05 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:55 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:55 – 16:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:45 – 19:20 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:55 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:05 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:55 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:55 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:27 Sagittarius
- 08:27 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:43 Gemini
- 19:43 – 21:53 Cancer
- 21:53 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 06:26 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