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Panchang for Chennai — 28 December 2026

Krishna Panchami tithi, Magha nakshatra · Monday · Tamil Nadu (13.0827°, 80.2707°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Dhanu (Margashirsha)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Chennai (13.0827°, 80.2707°)'s own sunrise — 06:29 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiKrishna Panchamiuntil 02:58 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayMondayTravel, liquids, public dealings, peace, mother, gentle works.
NakshatraMagha · pada 3until 04:33 PMUgra nakshatra — Destruction, weapons, harsh deeds — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaPritiuntil 05:55 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaTaitilauntil 02:58 PMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:29 AM
Sunset05:51 PM
Moonrise10:26 PM
Moonset10:08 AM
Moon inLeo
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Brahma Muhurta04:53 AM – 05:41 AM
Amrit Kalam02:46 PM – 04:17 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam07:54 AM – 09:19 AM
Gulika Kalam01:35 PM – 03:00 PM
Yamaganda10:44 AM – 12:10 PM
Varjyam05:42 AM – 07:13 AM
Abhijit Muhurta11:47 AM – 12:32 PM — a durmuhūrta falls on the Abhijit slot today, so it is not offered as auspicious
Durmuhurta02:49 PM – 03:34 PM

Day Choghadiya

Amrit06:29 AM – 07:54 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:54 AM – 09:19 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:19 AM – 10:44 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:44 AM – 12:10 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:10 PM – 01:35 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:35 PM – 03:00 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:00 PM – 04:25 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:25 PM – 05:51 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works

Night Choghadiya

Chara05:51 PM – 07:25 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:25 PM – 09:00 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:00 PM – 10:35 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:35 PM – 12:10 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:10 AM – 01:44 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:44 AM – 03:19 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:19 AM – 04:54 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:54 AM – 06:29 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle