Chennai panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 15:59 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 17:47- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:28
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:22
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:28
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:42
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:22
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. 04:46 – 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 17:47 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 10:45
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:27 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 10:45 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:27 – 07:52 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:52 – 09:17 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:17 – 10:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:42 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 14:57 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:22 | Good |
| Rog | 16:22 – 17:47 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:47 – 19:22 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:52 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:14 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:53 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:53 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 22:00 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:14 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:04 Capricorn
- 10:04 – 11:46 Aquarius
- 11:46 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:16 Taurus
- 17:16 – 19:28 Gemini
- 19:28 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:41 next day Virgo
- 01:41 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 06:28 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