Chennai panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 15:00 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:46- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:30
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:46 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:30
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 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:46 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:16 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:06 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:06 – 13:31 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:31 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:46 | Good |
| Char | 17:46 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:56 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:31 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:31 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:06 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:00 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 22:00 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:08 Scorpio
- 06:08 – 08:15 Sagittarius
- 08:15 – 10:08 Capricorn
- 10:08 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:18 Aries
- 15:18 – 17:20 Taurus
- 17:20 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:41 Cancer
- 21:41 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:04 next day Scorpio
- 06:04 – 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