Chennai panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 19:22 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:48- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:58 – 16:23
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
Night
17:48 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:58 – 16:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Utpata Muhurta Chintamani 1.30, p. 23 22:50 – 06:29 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 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:48 – 20:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:29 – 22:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:29 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:08 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 14:58 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:58 – 16:23 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:23 – 17:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:48 – 19:23 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:23 – 20:58 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:58 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 00:09 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:59 Sagittarius
- 07:59 – 09:52 Capricorn
- 09:52 – 11:34 Aquarius
- 11:34 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:25 Cancer
- 21:25 – 23:28 Leo
- 23:28 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:36 next day Libra
- 03:36 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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