Chennai panchang, 20 December 2026
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 14:09 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 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta 16:15 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam 16:21 – 17:46
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 14:55 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Vanija until 09:18, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 09:18 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:55 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:31
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:21
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:15 – 17:00
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:21 – 17:46
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 14:55 – 06:27 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. 04:45 – 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 17:46 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:26 – 14:55
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:26 – 14:55
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:26 – 07:51 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:31 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:31 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:21 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:21 – 17:46 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:21 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 00:06 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:41 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:51 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:27 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 NowSun
- 07:23 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:26 NowSaturn
- 11:26 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:26 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:26 NowJupiter
- 02:26 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:45 Cancer
- 21:45 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 06:27 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