Chennai panchang, 31 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 00:06 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:35
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:51 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Hasta until 16:13 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:26
- Karana Kaulava until 12:32, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:26 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 00:46 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:47 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:03
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:26 – 14:50
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:35
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:51 – 20:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:21 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:46 | Avoid |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:01 – 16:26 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 17:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 21:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:01 – 22:36 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:46 – 03:22 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 05:29 Scorpio
- 05:29 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:50 Pisces
- 12:50 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:52 Gemini
- 18:52 – 21:02 Cancer
- 21:02 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:25 next day Scorpio
- 05:25 – 06:32 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