Chennai panchang, 30 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:51 Margashirsha month
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 13.09°, 80.28° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:36
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 13:41
- Karana Bava until 12:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:41 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:37 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:29 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:36
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:51 – 20:23
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 15:37
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 12:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:37 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:46 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:36 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:01 | Avoid |
| Char | 15:01 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:26 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:58 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:45 Taurus
- 16:45 – 18:56 Gemini
- 18:56 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:17 next day Libra
- 03:17 – 05:29 next day Scorpio
- 05:29 – 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