Chennai panchang, 19 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 13:23 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:45- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:55
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
Night
17:45 to 06:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 22:09
- Nakshatra Revati until 15:58 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 10:35
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:35 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:58 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 15:58 Moon enters Aries
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 22:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:26 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:35 – 21:22
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:55
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:26 – 15:58
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:45 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:26 – 07:51 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:40 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:05 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:55 – 16:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:20 – 17:45 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:45 – 19:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:20 – 20:55 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:55 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:26 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
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:48 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:26 NowVenus
- 11:26 NowMercury
- 12:26 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:26 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:26 NowVenus
- 01:26 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:58 Aquarius
- 11:58 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 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