Chennai panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 17:04 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:32
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:47 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:32
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 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- 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 06:28 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:28 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:32 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:57 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:57 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:47 – 19:22 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:47 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 10:00 Capricorn
- 10:00 – 11:42 Aquarius
- 11:42 – 13:22 Pisces
- 13:22 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:33 Cancer
- 21:33 – 23:36 Leo
- 23:36 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 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