Chennai panchang, 29 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 23:15 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:33
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:00 – 16:25
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:50 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:43 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:30
- Karana Vanija until 13:25, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:30 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:43 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 00:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:45
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:25 – 21:37
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:00 – 16:25
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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:33
- 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 06:30 – 12:44
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 15:43 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:30 – 07:55 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:55 – 09:20 | Avoid |
| Char | 09:20 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:00 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 15:00 – 16:25 | Good |
| Rog | 16:25 – 17:50 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 17:50 – 19:25 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:25 – 21:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:00 – 22:35 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 04:56 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:14 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:00 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 21:00 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:43 Sagittarius
- 07:43 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:19 Aquarius
- 11:19 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:49 Taurus
- 16:49 – 19:00 Gemini
- 19:00 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:21 next day Libra
- 03:21 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:31 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