Chennai panchang, 27 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 21:27 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:09 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:24 – 17:49
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:49 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:04 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:53
- Karana Bava until 06:35, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:35 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 17:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:04 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:04 Moon enters Leo
- 20:53 Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:01 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:24
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:24 – 17:49
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 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:49 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:54 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:54 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:09 – 13:34 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:24 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:24 – 17:49 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:49 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:24 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:10 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:55 – 06:30 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 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:51 Sagittarius
- 07:51 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:08 Gemini
- 19:08 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:20 Leo
- 23:20 – 01:22 next day Virgo
- 01:22 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 06:30 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