Chennai panchang, 28 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 22:23 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:34
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:50 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 14:58
- Nakshatra Magha until 16:33 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 17:55
- Karana Taitila until 14:58, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 14:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 17:55 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:06 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:34
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 17:50 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:10 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:35 | Avoid |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:25 – 17:50 | Good |
| Char | 17:50 – 19:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:25 – 21:00 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:35 | Avoid |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:47 Sagittarius
- 07:47 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:22 Aquarius
- 11:22 – 13:02 Pisces
- 13:02 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:25 next day Libra
- 03:25 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 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