Horā — Chennai, 17 December 2026

Thursday. The 24 planetary hours for Chennai, computed from the local sunrise and sunset (day and night hours are unequal by season).

Benefic horās today: Jupiter 06:25–07:21; Venus 09:14–10:11; Mercury 10:11–11:08; Moon 11:08–12:04; Jupiter 13:01–13:58; Venus 15:51–16:48 (IST). Sunrise 06:25 · sunset 17:44, Chennai.

Day horās (sunrise → sunset)

Horā lordWindowNature
Jupiter06:25–07:21Benefic
Mars07:21–08:18Malefic
Sun08:18–09:14Malefic
Venus09:14–10:11Benefic
Mercury10:11–11:08Benefic
Moon11:08–12:04Benefic
Saturn12:04–13:01Malefic
Jupiter13:01–13:58Benefic
Mars13:58–14:54Malefic
Sun14:54–15:51Malefic
Venus15:51–16:48Benefic
Mercury16:48–17:44Benefic

Night horās (sunset → next sunrise)

Horā lordWindowNature
Moon17:44–18:48Benefic
Saturn18:48–19:51Malefic
Jupiter19:51–20:54Benefic
Mars20:54–21:58Malefic
Sun21:58–23:01Malefic
Venus23:01–00:05Benefic
Mercury00:05–01:08Benefic
Moon01:08–02:11Benefic
Saturn02:11–03:15Malefic
Jupiter03:15–04:18Benefic
Mars04:18–05:22Malefic
Sun05:22–06:25Malefic

Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon rule the classically benefic hours; the Sun, Mars, Saturn hours are treated as malefic for new undertakings. See also the Chennai Choghaḍiyā and the full Chennai panchāṅga for 17 December 2026.

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How this table was computed

Method12 day hours (sunrise→sunset) and 12 night hours (sunset→next sunrise), unequal by season; the sequence runs in the Chaldean order starting from the weekday lord's hour (classical derivation); sunrise/sunset from Swiss Ephemeris
SourceSwiss Ephemeris sunrise/sunset (sidereal Lahiri chart context)
Engineastroamrit seo-tables horā (Chennai 2026-12-17)

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