Chennai panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 18:13 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 17:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:28 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:32
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:58
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:32
- Kana Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 01:47 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. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:48 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:29 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:28 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:18 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:43 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 14:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:58 – 16:23 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:23 – 17:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:48 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:23 – 20:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:58 – 22:33 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:08 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:18 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:56 Capricorn
- 09:56 – 11:38 Aquarius
- 11:38 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:20 Gemini
- 19:20 – 21:29 Cancer
- 21:29 – 23:32 Leo
- 23:32 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:40 next day Libra
- 03:40 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:29 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