Chennai panchang, 26 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 20:27 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 17:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 14:59
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:49 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:05
- Nakshatra Pushya until 20:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:22 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:42, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:13 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:22 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:42 – 20:05
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 00:22 – 01:34 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. 04:48 – 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 17:49 – 20:21
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:05 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:54 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:44 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:09 | Avoid |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:49 | Avoid |
| Labh | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:59 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:19 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:54 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 04:54 – 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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:05 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:55 Sagittarius
- 07:55 – 09:49 Capricorn
- 09:49 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 13:10 Pisces
- 13:10 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:21 Cancer
- 21:21 – 23:24 Leo
- 23:24 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 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